Prix de la Page 112

The Prix de la page 112 is a French literary award created in 2012 by the French editor and literary critic Claire Debru.

Purpose
The name and the purpose of this award was inspired by Woody Allen's film Hannah and Her Sisters. In the film, actor Michael Caine tells a woman that she reminds him of a love poem on page 112 of a book of poetry written by e e cummings. If an entire work is to be judged, this principle assumes that page 112 is an index of quality since the beginning and the end of the work are subjected to a greater amount of attention by authors and editors, whereas page 112 is the ventre mou or soft belly. Thus, the jury members first read this page to determine if a book should be read to qualify for the award.

Laureates

 * 2012 : La Recherche de la couleur by Jean-Marc Parisis
 * 2013 : Les Evaporés by Thomas B. Reverdy
 * 2014 : No award
 * 2015 : Berezina by Sylvain Tesson
 * 2016 : Basse Fidélité by Philippe Dumez
 * 2017 : Sanglier by Dominique Rameau
 * 2018 : La Dernière France by Jacques Jouet