Small daily resistances
The theme of the salon…
Small daily resistances
The theme of the exhibition? Resistance. Award-winning books were often far from World War II. They highlighted individual small resistances in order to live an emancipated existence.
Like Marie-Christine Renaudeau, for example. The author, originally from Villenave-d’Ornon in Gironde, recounted in an autobiographical story titled “When doors and shutters are closed,” a marital ordeal endured for years. The book and chapters are short on purpose. “I wanted this book to be a trigger for other women and for the reader to face the violence head-on by reading quickly, for example at the doctor’s or lawyer’s,” she said. The professional baker was awarded the special literary prize of the Les 3A association in Occitanie. Jocelyne Cita, on the other hand, won the Grand Special Prize. Her book, “To Exist,” recounts a heavy childhood marked by a mother who struggled “to connect with her family.” Jocelyne Cita lives in Mirepoix, Ariège. As for Carole Merlo, a resident of Saint-Aubin-du-Médoc, she recounted in the first volume of “Intertwined Heirlooms” the struggle of a couple to extricate themselves from a peasant environment they did not like in the 1930s. Her sharp pen won the “Prize for the most beautiful literary pen.” The release of the second volume is imminent.
Marie-Christine Renaudeau wrote about domestic violence. Alice Bourgeois
Other prize recipients
At around 3pm, ten other individuals were honored with a diploma and a small box. Édith Jacquemot received the Grand Prize of the town, Arthur Hoppner the award for the “best life story” with a book about his relationship with a twin brother, Frédéric Floréal Mas convinced the jury with his fantasy novel “The Fairies of Brocéliande,” winning the “best novel prize.” Hervé Vignes, revitalized by Nathalie Vincent-Arnaud’s work, a poet to whom he dedicates his work entitled “The hummingbird moment,” received the “best collection of poems and prose prize,” Jacqueline Béal the award for “Perigord and Aquitaine heritage,” Mathilde Levasseur the award for “science fiction and fantasy,” Jean Kubler the award for the “best detective novel,” Erik Bertrand the “heartwarming award from the reading committee,” Olivier Andrieux the best comic book prize, and Patrick Vanhee the “historical narrative prize.”.
