The Émile Guimet Prize for Asian Literature (Le Prix Émile Guimet de littérature asiatique) is a French literary prize awarded for the first time in 2017, and annually thereafter.
About the prize The jury is made up of staff from the Musée Guimet, with writers, publishers and others in the book world. Between five and ten works from the previous year are selected on the basis of four criteria the winning work is a translation into French, the author is from one of the geographical areas of expertise of the museum, the translation was published in France during the previous calendar year, the original text was published in its country of origin less than ten years earlier.
Winners and honorees YearAuthorWork (English & French titles)Original language & titleTranslator(s)2017 (1st)Judging panel:Rana DasguptaCapital (Delhi Capitale)EnglishBernard TurlePark Hyoung-suNana at Dawn(Nana à l’aube)Korean새벽의 나나Fabien BartkowiakJeong Hyun-jooHideo OkudaLala Pipo JapaneseララピポPatrick HonnoréMaeda YukariGong Ji-youngTall Blue Ladder(L’échelle de Jacob)Korean높고 푸른 사다리Lim Yeong-heeMélanie BasnelCh'ŏn MyŏnggwanModern Family(Une famille à l’ancienne)Korean고령화 가족Patrick MaurusHan KangHuman Acts(Celui qui revient)Korean소년이 온다Jeong Eun-jinJacques BatilliotSu TongShadow of the Hunter(Le Dit du Loriot)Chinese黄雀记François SastournéTan Twan EngThe Garden of Evening Mists(Le jardin des brumes du soir) English Philippe Giraudon2018 (2nd)Judging panel:Hwang Sok-yongAt Dusk(Au soleil couchant)Korean해질 무렵Chol MikyungJean-Noël JuttetA YiA Perfect Crime(Le Jeu du chat et de la souris)Chinese下面，我该干些什么Mélie ChenOmar Shahid HamidThe Prisoner(Le Prisonnier)EnglishLaurent BarucqMeena KandasamyThe Gypsy Goddess(La Colère de Kurathi Amman)English Carine ChichereauWu Ming-yi The Magician on the Skywalk(Le Magicien sur la passerelle)Chinese天橋上的魔術師 Gwennaël GaffricNashiki Kaho The Lies of the Sea(Les Mensonges de la mer) Japanese海うそCorinne Quentin2019 (3rd)Judging panel:Natsu MiyashitaThe Forest of Wool and Steel(Une forêt de laine et d’acier)Japanese羊と鋼の森Mathilde Tamae-BouhonEun Hee-kyungComfort the Boy(Encouragez donc les garçons) Korean소년을 위로해줘Hélène Lebrun Yun YennieShih-Li KowThe Sum of Our Follies(La somme de nos folies) English Frédéric Grellier Ashok FerreyThe Ceaseless Chatter of Demons(L’incessant bavardage des demons) English Alice SeelowJia PingwaThe Lantern Bearer(Portée-la-Lumière)Chinese带灯 Geneviève Imbot-Bichet2020 (4th)Judging panel:Fang FangA Soft Burial(Funérailles molles)Chinese软埋Brigitte DuzanZhang XiaoqiuShion MiuraThe Great Passage(La grande traverse)Japanese舟を編むSophie RefleCho Nam-jooKim Ji-young, Born 1982(Kim Jiyoung née en 1982)Korean82년생 김지영Pierre BisiouKyungran ChoiShiga IzumiThe Heartless God Descends(Quand le ciel pleut d’indifférence)Japanese無情の神が舞い降りるElisabeth SuetsuguPrajwal ParajulyLand Where I Flee(Fuir et revenir)English Benoîte DauvergneTsering Döndrup The Red Howling Wind(Tempête rouge)Tibetanརླུང་དམར་འུར་འུར།Françoise RobinFatima Bhutto The Runaways(Comme des lions)English Sophie Bastide-FoltzManu JosephMiss Laila, Armed and Dangerous(Miss Laila armée jusqu’aux dents)English Bernard TurleHye-young PyunThe Hole(Le jardin)Korean 홀Lim Yeong-HeeLucie ModdeLiu ZhenyunChildren of the Melon Eating Age(Un parfum de corruption)Chinese吃瓜时代的儿女们Geneviève Imbot-Bichet2021 (5th)Judging panel:Ng Kim ChewRain(Pluie)Chinese雨 Pierre-Mong LimMitsuyo KakutaPale Moon(Lune de papier)Japanese紙の月Sophie RefleHideo YakudaThree Days in The Life of a Yakuza(Trois jours dans la vie d’un yakuza)Japanese純平、考え直せMathilde Tamae-BouhonGeetanjali ShreeTomb of Sand(Ret Samadhi, au-delà de la frontière)Hindiरेत समाधिAnnie MontautDeepa AnapparaDjinn Patrol on the Purple Line(Les Disparus de la Purple Line)EnglishÉlisabeth PeellaertChi Ta-weiPearls(Perles)Chinese珍珠Gwennaël GaffricRen Xiaowen On the Balcony(Sur le balcon)Chinese阳台上 Brigitte DuzanAreno InoueStir Fried Cabbage on the Sidewalk (L'Ode aux choux sautés)Japaneseキャベツ炒めに捧ぐPatrick HonnoréJung Jae-HanInvestigative Notebooks of a Necromantic Handsome(Le carnet d'enquête d'un beau gosse nécromant)Korean 미남당 사건수첩Han YumiHervé PéjaudierHiroko OyamadaThe Factory(L'Usine)Japanese工場Silvain Chupin2022 (6th) Judging Panel:
Zabou Breitman (chair)
Yannick Lintz
Line Papin
Guillaume Husson
Olivier Roellinger
Maria LundShubhangi SwarupDérive des âmes et des continentsLatitudes of LongingEnglish Céline SchwallerZhang YueranL'hôtel du Cygne The Hotel Du Cygne Chinese Pierre-Mong LimAnthonythasan Jesuthasan La sterne rougeThe Red Tern Tamilஸலாம் அலைக் Léticia IbanezShookofeh Azar Quand s’illumine le prunier sauvageThe Enlightenment of the Greengage TreePersianMuriel Sapati
References
External links The Émile Guimet Prize on the Musée Guimet website