This just in: Australian Shaun Tan’s The Arrival, published last year in several languages, amongst them in French as Là où vont nos pères, was awarded the Book of the Year award at Angoulême. Here’s the full list of the Essential Selection, along with other selected awards:
Essentials
Rutu Modan — Exit wounds
Pascal Rabaté & David Prudhomme — Marie en plastique
Cyril Pedrosa — Trois ombres
Jean Regnaud & Emile Bravo — Ma Maman est en Amerique, elle a rencontre Buffalo Bill
Pierre Dragon & Frederik Peeters — RG
Discovery of the Year
Isabelle Pralong — L’Elephant
Fanzine Prize
Turkey #16
Heritage Prize
Tove Jansson: Moomin
Youth Prize
Philippe Buchet & Jean-David Morvan — Sillage vol. 10: Retour de flammes
Prize of the Public
Catel & José-Louis Bocquet — Kiki de montparnasse
Well, that’s that. Seems like a strong enough selection, even if it is definitely a less interesting list than last year’s, but that was also exceptional.