Readers' Prize - Cognac

Readers' Prize, sponsored by the Group Garandeau is intended to promote reading and the exchange between readers including libraries of the Poitou-Charentes. Each year since 2004, this award goes off to explore a country. The Prize is organized in partnership with the Departemental Service of the reading of the Charente, the Departemental Library of Charente Maritime and the Country Library of Deux Sevres, and with the participation of librairies and medias centers.

After Poland, Portugal, Ireland, Norway, Germany, Greece and Belgium, 
8th edition hand to explore Spain and its literature

Selection 2011

	Versions de Teresa Andrés barba Translated from Spanish by François Gaudry Bourgois		Le Septième voile Juan Manuel de Prada Translated from Spanish by Gabriel Iaculli Seuil
	Mon nom est Jamaïca José Manuel Fajardo Translated from Spanish by Claude Bleton Métailié		Treize mauvais quarts d'heure Albert Sanchez Pinol Translated from Spanish by Marianne Millon Actes Sud
	Instructions pour sauver le monde Rosa Montero Translated from Spanish by Myriam Chirousse		Empereurs des ténèbres Ignacio del Valle Translated from Spanish by Elena Zayas Phébus

Winners from 2004

2010 – Belgique : Stefan Brijs – Le Faiseur d’anges - H. d’Ormesson
Translated from Dutch (Belgian) by Daniel Cunin.

2009 – Grèce : Panos Karnezis – Le Labyrinthe - L’Olivier
Translated from English by Suzanne V. Mayoux.
 
2008 – Allemagne : Christoph Peters – Une chambre au paradis - S.Wespieser
Translated from German by Elisabeth Landes.
 
2007 – Norvège : Per Petterson – Pas facile de voler les chevaux - Gallimard
Translated from Norwegian by Torje Sinding.
 
2006 – Irlande : Sebastian Barry - Un Long long chemin - J.Losfeld
Translated from English (Irlande) by Florence Lévy-Paolini.
 
2005 – Portugal : Lidia Jorge - Le vent qui siffle dans les grues - Métailié
Translated from Portuguese by Geneviève Liebrich.
 
2004 – Pologne : Wlodzimierz Odojewski - Oksana, l’Ukrainienne - Noir sur Blanc
Translated from Polish by Anne Wiazemski

Libraries and media centers participating in 2010

Aiffres, Airvault, Anais, Angoulême, Barbezieux, Beauvoir-sur-Niort, Burie, Blanzac, Celles-sur-Belle, Chabanais, Châteaubernard, Châteauneuf/Hiersac, Chef-Boutonne, Cherves Richemont, Cognac, Confolens, Coulon, Espace Gâtine, Fenioux, Frontenay Rohan-Rohan, Jonzac, La Crèche-Saint Maixent, Lezay, Magné, Melle, Moncoutant, Prahecq, Prailles, Rouillac, Roumazières, Ruelle, Ruffec, St Ciers, St Gelais, St Georges de Didonne, St Jean d’Angély, Ste Marie de Ré, Saintes, Segonzac, Surgères, Thénac, Vars, Villefagnan.