French writer Emmanuel Carrère won the Médicis prize for the novel 'Kolkhoze', while the prize for foreign novel was awarded to Nina Allan for 'Les Bons Voisins'.

Emmanuel Carrère was awarded the Médicis prize on Wednesday for his novel 'Kolkhoze', a 560-page work that explores four generations of his family. The jury recognized the literary rigor of the novel, and Carrère, at the age of 67, was also in the running for the Goncourt prize. In the foreign novel category, the award was given to Nina Allan for 'Les Bons Voisins', and in essays, Fabrice Gabriel won with 'Au cinéma Central'.

These awards were presented a day after the Goncourt and Renaudot prizes, which were won by Laurent Mauvignier and Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre, respectively. Carrère, a prolific author with 17 published books and numerous journalistic works, has previously won the Femina prize and the Renaudot prize. In 2024, the Médicis prize was awarded to Julia Deck for her autobiographical novel 'Ann d'Angleterre'.