Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions” by
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has just been been named one of three winners of Le
Grand Prix de l’héroïne Madame Figaro.
The prize was established in 2006 by the French magazine Madame Figaro
to celebrate heroines of French and foreign literature. Each year the
shortlisted works are selected by the magazine’s editor.
A team of judges, chaired by influential journalist Patrick Poivre
d’Arvor, selected one French novel, one foreign novel in translation, and one
nonfiction work. “Chère Ijeawele, ou un manifeste pour une éducation
féministe,” the French translation of ‘Dear Ijeawele,’ was selected as the
winner in the latter category.
Along with Adichie, Alex Stresi was awarded the prize in the French
novel category for ‘Lopping’ and Lauren Groff received the foreign novel prize
for ‘Les Furies.’
Adichie’s French publisher, Marie-Pierre Gracedieu of Gallimard,
commented: “When I read Dear Ijeawele, I felt an urge to share it with many
friends, women and men, who had become parents of a girl in the recent years.
Then I started to feel it had to be read by parents of boys too. And thereafter
by everyone of us to investigate our own education, and try to overcome a few
inherited clichés. Therefore to publish it at Gallimard has meant a lot to me,
and it is a very rewarding experience to see it awarded the Grand Prix de
l’Héroïne by Madame Figaro, a prize that celebrates the power of literature and
of characters as role models.
The fact that such an established and popular weekly has understood the importance of spreading the content of this letter-manifesto, even in the Western world, and especially in the political context we are now, brings me joy and hope.”
The fact that such an established and popular weekly has understood the importance of spreading the content of this letter-manifesto, even in the Western world, and especially in the political context we are now, brings me joy and hope.”
This was the 12th edition of the prize.
Dear
Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions” by Chimamanda Ngozi
Adichie has just been been named one of three winners of Le Grand Prix de
l’héroïne Madame Figaro. The prize was established in 2006 by the French
magazine Madame Figaro to celebrate heroines of French and foreign literature.
Each year the shortlisted works are selected by the magazine’s editor. A team
of judges, chaired by influential journalist Patrick Poivre d’Arvor, selected
one French novel, one foreign novel in translation, and one nonfiction work.
“Chère Ijeawele, ou un manifeste pour une éducation féministe,” the French
translation of ‘Dear Ijeawele,’ was selected as the winner in the latter
category. Along with Adichie, Alex Stresi was awarded the prize in the French
novel category for ‘Lopping’ and Lauren Groff received the foreign novel prize
for ‘Les Furies.’ Adichie’s French publisher, Marie-Pierre Gracedieu of
Gallimard, commented: “When I read Dear Ijeawele, I felt an urge to share it
with many friends, women and men, who had become parents of a girl in the
recent years. Then I started to feel it had to be read by parents of boys too.
And thereafter by everyone of us to investigate our own education, and try to
overcome a few inherited clichés. Therefore to publish it at Gallimard has
meant a lot to me, and it is a very rewarding experience to see it awarded the
Grand Prix de l’Héroïne by Madame Figaro, a prize that celebrates the power of
literature and of characters as role models. The fact that such an established
and popular weekly has understood the importance of spreading the content of
this letter-manifesto, even in the Western world, and especially in the
political context we are now, brings me joy and hope.” This was the 12th
edition of the prize.
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