First Goncourt Choice of India Award announced

The first literary event of Bonjour India, the Goncourt Choice of India Award, was held in New Delhi recently. The winner is Mohamed Mbougar Sarr for his book La plus secrète mémoire des hommes.

The Goncourt Choice of India Award is an event of Bonjour India, an artistic, cultural, educational, and literary festival celebrating the partnership between India and France. An initiative of the Embassy of France and its cultural department, Institut Françaisen Inde (IFI), along with the India network of Alliances Françaises and the Consulates General of France, the festival is out to delight the people of India with 120 curated and collaborative events across 19 cities this summer.