Tiempos Recios by Mario Vargas Llosa wins the André Malraux 2021 Prize, in the 'Fiction engagée' category. The award, which has four editions, aims to perpetuate the memory of the writer and intellectual André Malraux (1901-1976), and the values of artistic creation and the commitment of the human being. The resolution was announced last Thursday, November 9.
The jury, made up of Cécile Guilbert, Céline Malraux, Diana Picasso, Alexandre Duval-Stalla, Adrien Goetz, Matthieu Garrigou-Lagrange, Mamadou Mahmoud N'Dongo and Mathieu Simonet, has highlighted "une mécanique d’écriture implacable perdant sans cesse le lecteur dans un dédale de trahisons, d’intrigues et de complots, nous offre, une nouvelle fois, la démonstration de son génie littéraire."
The André Malraux 2021 Prize for Harsh Times by Mario Vargas Llosa, published in French by Gallimard and entitled Temps sauvages, is preceded by an extraordinary critical success. Originally published by Alfaguara, its French translation by Albert Bensoussan and Daniel Lefort, the novel has been received in France as one of the biggest literary events of this year.
Rights for Tiempos recios have been sold to 22 languages.