France: The Goncourt Prize for Literature is awarded to Philippe Guanda for the novel "The Unknown Pier of Jebel".
The Académie Goncourt awarded France's highest literary prize on Tuesday to author Philippe Guanda for the novel The Unknown Pier of Java, published by Flammarion Publishing. The winner receives a check with a symbolic value of 10 euros. Sales of a Goncourt laureate's book usually reach hundreds of thousands.
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