A Special Encounter with Jakuta Alikavazovic – France Culture Student Novel Prize

As part of the 2025 literary season and the France Culture Student Novel Prize, Jean-Michel MARIN, Dean of the Faculty of Sciences at Montpellier, and Sonia CHALBI, Program Coordinator for Arts,Culture and Sciences, are pleased to announce the special visit of author Jakuta ALIKAVAZOVIC for a meeting with students and staff on Thursday, November 6, 2025, at 6:15 p.m. in Lecture Hall 36.01.

A novelist, translator, and columnist, Jakuta Alikavazovic is a leading voice in contemporary literature. Winner of the Prix Goncourt for a debut novel for *Corps volatils* and the *Le Monde* Literary Season Prize for *L’avancée de la nuit*, she was also a finalist for the Prix Médicis. This year, she is in the running for the Prix Femina and the Prix Renaudot for her latest work, *Au grand jamais*.

A regular at the Comédie du Livre, where she has graced the event with her presence on several occasions, and an invited guest at the MOCO la Panacée in 2024 for the exhibition *Entre les lignes. Art et littérature*, she will this time engage in a conversation with students and the public about her latest book , *Au grand jamais*, and her relationship with writing. 

There will be a Q&A session at the end of the event.

The Fiers de Lettres bookstore will be on hand to offer books related to previous selections for the France Culture Student Novel Prize.

This event is co-organized by the Joint Documentation Service and the Art & Culture Service of the Campus Life Division at the University of Montpellier.