Jacques Gélat, winner of the Orange Book Award 2010 - the second edition of the literature prize voted for by internet users
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Paris, June 23, 2010 
The 2010 Orange Book Award community has chosen Jacques Gélat for his novel Le Traducteur Amoureux
Yesterday night, Christine Albanel, Executive Vice President, Orange group, and Erik Orsenna, Member of the Académie Française and President of the Orange Book Award’s jury, announced the results of the Internet votes (voting closed on 20 June) during a ceremony held at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris).
Following several weeks of discussions and sharing views on their favorite books on the orange.fr/prixorangedulivre site, the internet community has just chosen the second Orange Book Award winner from a selection of five novels taken from an initial shortlist of 30 books published between January 1 and April 30, 2010. Jacques Gélat succeeds Fabrice Humbert, who won the prize last year for his novel L’Origine de la violence (Le Passage).
The 2010 Orange Book Award goes to:
Jacques Gélat
Le Traducteur Amoureux (José Corti)
The other finalists were:
- Charly Delwart, L’homme de profil même de face (Seuil)
- Emilie Frèche, Chouquette (Actes sud)
- Gilles Leroy, Zola Jackson (Mercure de France)
- Claude Pujade-Renaud, Les femmes du braconnier (Actes sud)
With a 15,000 Euro prize, the Orange Book Award rewards a work of fiction written in French and published in France between January 1, 2009 and April 30, 2010. It is the first literature prize to involve Internet users throughout the whole process - from the early stages, where they comment on their favourite books, up to the final vote in which they alone have the final say.
The Orange Book Community allows Internet users to exchange ideas and talk about their favourite books throughout the year – uniting over 12 000 book lovers.
Check out the Orange Book Community’s books, comments and interviews on: www.orange.fr/prixorangedulivre
About Jacques Gélat
Jacques Gélat a French author and script writer born in Boulogne-Billancourt.
After completing his secondary education in various provincial boarding schools, he started writing film and television scripts under several pseudonyms. He did not publish his first novel, Le Tableau (Denoël), until quite late. Despite being awarded a prize from the Société des gens de lettres (society of men of letters of France), the book did not receive much public success and the author returned to writing film scripts waiting several years before publishing four novels in succession: La Couleur inconnue (José Corti editions), Le Traducteur (José Corti), La Mécanique du mal (Mercure de France) and Le Traducteur Amoureux (José Corti).
Published works
* Le Tableau, 1991.
* La Couleur inconnue, 2000.
* Le Traducteur, 2006.
* La Mécanique du mal, 2007.
* Le Plaisir du diable, 2008.
* Le Traducteur amoureux, 2010.
Orange and books
Orange has been the partner of the Orange Prize for Fiction in the United Kingdom since 1996 and more recently the Prix Clara in France since 2006. The Orange Foundation is working to make literature accessible to as many people as possible by supporting talking book projects and translating works into Braille for the visually impaired.
Check out the latest book releases, share readings and talk about your favourite books with other members of the community on www.orange.fr/prixorangedulivre
Join the Orange Book Community on:
www.facebook.com/CommunauteOrangeDuLivre
The Orange Book Community has almost 3000 fans on Facebook.
The 2010 Orange Book Award community has chosen Jacques Gélat for his novel Le Traducteur Amoureux
Yesterday night, Christine Albanel, Executive Vice President, Orange group, and Erik Orsenna, Member of the Académie Française and President of the Orange Book Award’s jury, announced the results of the Internet votes (voting closed on 20 June) during a ceremony held at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris).
Following several weeks of discussions and sharing views on their favorite books on the orange.fr/prixorangedulivre site, the internet community has just chosen the second Orange Book Award winner from a selection of five novels taken from an initial shortlist of 30 books published between January 1 and April 30, 2010. Jacques Gélat succeeds Fabrice Humbert, who won the prize last year for his novel L’Origine de la violence (Le Passage).
The 2010 Orange Book Award goes to:
Jacques Gélat
Le Traducteur Amoureux (José Corti)
The other finalists were:
- Charly Delwart, L’homme de profil même de face (Seuil)
- Emilie Frèche, Chouquette (Actes sud)
- Gilles Leroy, Zola Jackson (Mercure de France)
- Claude Pujade-Renaud, Les femmes du braconnier (Actes sud)
With a 15,000 Euro prize, the Orange Book Award rewards a work of fiction written in French and published in France between January 1, 2009 and April 30, 2010. It is the first literature prize to involve Internet users throughout the whole process - from the early stages, where they comment on their favourite books, up to the final vote in which they alone have the final say.
The Orange Book Community allows Internet users to exchange ideas and talk about their favourite books throughout the year – uniting over 12 000 book lovers.
Check out the Orange Book Community’s books, comments and interviews on: www.orange.fr/prixorangedulivre
About Jacques Gélat
Jacques Gélat a French author and script writer born in Boulogne-Billancourt.
After completing his secondary education in various provincial boarding schools, he started writing film and television scripts under several pseudonyms. He did not publish his first novel, Le Tableau (Denoël), until quite late. Despite being awarded a prize from the Société des gens de lettres (society of men of letters of France), the book did not receive much public success and the author returned to writing film scripts waiting several years before publishing four novels in succession: La Couleur inconnue (José Corti editions), Le Traducteur (José Corti), La Mécanique du mal (Mercure de France) and Le Traducteur Amoureux (José Corti).
Published works
* Le Tableau, 1991.
* La Couleur inconnue, 2000.
* Le Traducteur, 2006.
* La Mécanique du mal, 2007.
* Le Plaisir du diable, 2008.
* Le Traducteur amoureux, 2010.
Orange and books
Orange has been the partner of the Orange Prize for Fiction in the United Kingdom since 1996 and more recently the Prix Clara in France since 2006. The Orange Foundation is working to make literature accessible to as many people as possible by supporting talking book projects and translating works into Braille for the visually impaired.
Check out the latest book releases, share readings and talk about your favourite books with other members of the community on www.orange.fr/prixorangedulivre
Join the Orange Book Community on:
www.facebook.com/CommunauteOrangeDuLivre
The Orange Book Community has almost 3000 fans on Facebook.
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