VILLENEUVE-LÈS-AVIGNON Gilles Vincent winner of the Polar Festival Readers’ Choice Award
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The readers’ prize at the Villeneuve Polar Festival, which is being held this weekend at the Chartreuse and in various places in the city, gave its verdict this Saturday, rewarding Gilles Vincent, for his novel “Usual Victims”, published At Au Diable Vauvert.
A book “which literally slammed us in the head and heart almost unanimously”emphasizes the president of the readers’ jury, Danièle Garnier. “We are immediately in the heart of the matter with attached characters, a sober, colorful style, with a lot of humor and a serious nod to cinema”she continues to justify the awarding of the prize to an author who was not at his first attempt in the cardinal city.
“I had already come in 2013, and I had stumbled upon Sandrine Colette, then in 2017 on Hannelore Cayre, I am coming back in 2022 and there, the jury does me the honor and the immense happiness of awarding me this prize, it is a sign of recognition”, reacts the winner of this vintage. Gilles Vincent will dedicate his prize to his son François, “a young adult with an autistic syndrome passionate about cinema, who inspired me so much to build the main character of my novel. » He will also have a word for his editor, the Gardoise Marion Mazauric, “Who has the audacity to trust me. »
The person concerned, present on Saturday in Villeneuve, will say to herself “Proud, it’s a hell of a fair, with a hell of a selection of authors. » The publisher, at the head of Au Diable Vauvert, emphasizes “the very contemporary aspect of Gilles Vincent’s novels”“Usual Victims” referring in particular to the e-commerce giant Amazon. “He is an author who deserves to be discovered”,take it, saluting in the Festival du Polar de Villeneuve “one of the national polar gatherings, one of the fairs that matter. »
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A show which is in its 18th edition, “he has the majority”joked the director of the Chartreuse, Marianne Clévy. “A complete success” for the mayor of Villeneuve, Pascale Bories, who makes it “a banner” of the city’s cultural policy. The festival is now leaving the walls of Villeneuve, with events in Aramon, Les Angles, Barbentane, Sorgues, Sauveterre and even Uzès, and schools have taken it over, with more than 800 students having taken part this week.
In 18 years, the festival has made its mark, and this year again offers a line-up of prestigious authors. Among the thirty authors, let us quote in particular Franck Thilliez, star writer of the genre, who will be present this Sunday for a meeting with his readers, or Hugues Pagan. Enough to “To offer a high quality festival”welcomes the chosen one.
The authors of tomorrow are not left out, with this year again the CEA Prize for new youth policing, open to colleges and high schools around Villeneuve and Avignon. 28 news were received this year, and the podium consists of Zaccharie Dumont, Léa Genthon and Lilou Cuquerella. The festival continues until tomorrow evening, more information here.
Thierry ALLARD