9th ceremony of the Emile Guimet Prize for Asian Literature
For the new edition of the Emile Guimet Prize for Asian Literature, the winners of which will be announced on June 3, 2026, the Guimet Museum will for the second 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 ninth edition this year with a selection of outstanding works.
Inalco and the Guimet Museum joined forces in 2025 to create the "Inalco Student Prize for Manga", which will be awarded for the second time at this ceremony.
Pre-selected titles
Romance category
- Korea: Les 8 vies d'une mangeuse de terre, Mirinae Lee, éditions Phébus
- Sri Lanka: Salamalecs, Antonythasan Jesuthasan, éditions Zulma
- China: La Chimère au fond du lac, Sun Pin, éditions L'Asiathèque
- Japan: Quand dansent les oiseaux, Kiyoko Murata, éditions Picquier
- China: À la vie à la mort - De Pékin à l'Everest, Huang Nubo, éditions du Mont Blanc
Comics category
- China: Twin Lotuses, Zhang Xiaoyu, éditions Mosquito
- Korea: Mon ami Kim Jong-un, Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, éditions Futuropolis
- Mongolia: Les légendes des steppes, Ajnai, éditions Paquet
Manga category of the Inalco student prize
- Les guerres invisibles tome 1, Marina Lisa Komiya, éditions Casterman
- The Nations of the Bloody Sun tome 1, Ikka Matsuki, éditions Akata
- Sorcières " tome 1, Daisuke Igarashi, éditions Delcourt
- Mahoromi " tome 1, Kei Tōme, éditions Le Lézard noir
- L'indicible ", Gō Tanabe, éditions Ki-Oon
- Promenons nous dans l'espace " tome 1, Inuhiko Doronoda, éditions Glénat
- Sounds of vinyl " tome 1, Ryōichirō Kezuka, éditions Vega-Dupuis
- Le ballet des cœurs " tome 1, Haruka Kawachi, éditions Naban
The names of the winners in the three categories will be announced by Laure Adler, author, journalist and producer, President of the jury for this 9th edition.
Readings by Noam Morgensztern, member of the Comédie-Française.
The awards ceremony will be followed by a cocktail reception.
