Prix de la Page 112

The Prix de la page 112 is a French literary award created in 2012 by the French editor and literary critic Claire Debru.^[1]

Purpose

The name and the purpose of this award was inspired by Woody Allen's film Hannah and Her Sisters. In the film, actor Michael Caine tells a woman that she reminds him of a love poem on page 112 of a book of poetry written by e e cummings.^[1][2] If an entire work is to be judged,^[3] this principle assumes that page 112 is an index of quality since the beginning and the end of the work are subjected to a greater amount of attention by authors and editors,^[1] whereas page 112 is the ventre mou or soft belly.^[3] Thus, the jury members first read this page to determine if a book should be read to qualify for the award.^[1][3]

Laureates

• 2012 : La Recherche de la couleur by Jean-Marc Parisis^[4]
• 2013 : Les Evaporés by Thomas B. Reverdy^[5]
• 2014 : No award
• 2015 : Berezina by Sylvain Tesson^[6]
• 2016 : Basse Fidélité by Philippe Dumez
• 2017 : Sanglier by Dominique Rameau^[7]
• 2018 : La Dernière France by Jacques Jouet^[8]