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Eva Baltasar wins Médicis Étranger for Déclin et fascination

Catalan writer Eva Baltasar won the Médicis Étranger on 2 November 2026 for Déclin et fascination. Verdier published the French edition in Annie Bats’s translation.

The book is the French edition of Ocàs i fascinació. Livres Hebdo and Catalan newspaper ARA report the result, turning the novel’s finalist status into an awarded prize.

The winners were announced at La Méditerranée restaurant in Paris. This distinction concerns the foreign novel category, separate from the award for a novel in French and the essay category.

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