8th Prix Emile Guimet ceremony for Asian literature
For the new edition of the Emile Guimet Prize for Asian Literature, the winners of which will be announced on June 4, 2025, the Guimet Museum will for the first time be awarding the Inalco Student Prize for Manga, in addition to the Novel Prize and the Comic Book Prize.
Created to highlight the richness and diversity of Asian literature translated into French, the Émile Guimet Prize for Asian Literature enters its eighth edition this year with a selection of outstanding works.
For the first time, Inalco and the Guimet Museum have joined forces to create the "Inalco Student Prize for Manga" to be awarded at the ceremony.
Pre-selected titles
Fiction category
- China: The Child of Tianhu by Yan Lianke - Éd. Picquier
- Korea: S'aimer dans la grande ville by Sang Young Park - Éd. La Croisée
- Sri Lanka: Les sept lunes de Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka - Éd. Calmann Levy
Comics category
- China: Le printemps prochain by Liu Yun - Éd. Ça et Là
- Korea: Demain est un autre jour by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim - Éd. Futuropolis
- Korea: Hana by Lee Dong -Eun and Jeong Yi-yong - Éd. Ça et Là
Manga category of the Inalco student prize
- Land, tome 1, Kazumi Yamashita, Éd. Mangetsu
- Le vendeur du magasin de vélo, tome 6, Arare Matsumishi, Éd. Le lézard noir
- Peleliu Gaiden, tome 1, Kazuyoshi Takeda, Éd. Vega Dupuis
- No manga no life, tome 1, Mochizuki Minetaro, Le Lézard noir
- La vie d'Otama, Keiko Ichiguchi and Andrea Accardi, Éd. Kana
The winners in the three categories will be announced by Laure Adler, author, journalist and producer, President of the jury for this 8th edition.
Readings by Clément Bresson of the Comédie Française.
The awards ceremony will be followed by a cocktail reception.
