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2026 Femina Prize

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This dossier follows the 2026 Femina Prize awards and the winning works.

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Yannick Haenel in Tuscany in March 2013.
Archive portrait, not the Femina ceremony. Krul2, CC BY-SA 3.0; unchanged. — Krul2 / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ ; 31 mars 2013 ; sans modification.

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Yannick Haenel was awarded the 2026 Femina Prize in Paris on 4 November for La solitude des professeurs est infinie, published by Gallimard.

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Yannick Haenel wins the 2026 Femina Prize

Yannick Haenel was awarded the 2026 Femina Prize in Paris on 4 November for La solitude des professeurs est infinie, published by Gallimard.

Yannick Haenel in Tuscany in March 2013.
Archive portrait, not the Femina ceremony. Krul2, CC BY-SA 3.0; unchanged. — Krul2 / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ ; 31 mars 2013 ; sans modification.

The novel follows a French teacher starting work at a suburban secondary school. The jury thus honours a narrative centred on the experience of teaching.

Laura Kasischke wins the foreign novel prize for Baignade surveillée, translated from English by Céline Leroy and published by Gallimard. Jennifer Tamas receives the essay prize for Barbe Bleue contre-enquête, published by Seuil.

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