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The Prize, which was awarded unanimously by the jury*, is a wonderful recognition of the Printemps des Poètes’team’s obstinate and daily work since 1999 to restore poetry in public space and its legitimacy in the cultural landscape.

If this distinction is a tribute to all those who contributed to the action of the NGO (**) it must also be understood as a recognition of the efforts against the odds by thousands of event organizers, in France and abroad (librarians, teachers, booksellers, poets, publishers ...) who have never renounced to promote poetry.

This unique choice of the Académie Goncourt can only encourage us to demand even higher and stronger presence of poetry and its insurgent force.

Jean-Pierre Siméon

Artistic director

* Didier Decoin, Patrick Rambaud, Pierre Assouline, Paule Constant, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Françoise Chandernagor, Bernard Pivot, président, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Philippe Claudel, Virginie Despentes.
 

** Jack Lang et Emmanuel Hoog, initiateurs de la manifestation
avec André Velter, Alain Borer, Alain Herzog, Zeno Bianu
Emmanuelle Leroyer, Maryse Pierson, Julie Nice, Christine Delterme, Véronique Siméon, Célia Galice, Céline Hémon, Marie-Françoise George, Marie Gavardin, Lucie Sarfaty, Solenne Jouet, François Carton, Juliette Prados...

Photo (Jean-Pierre Simeon) : Olivier Dion