The City of Carhaix Novel Prize is awarded to Anne-Solange Muis for "Écume d’hiver," her second novel (Phébus, 2026). The prize will be presented to her by the jury on Saturday, October 24 at 2:15 PM, at the Glenmor Space, during the Carhaix Book Festival.
Since 1999, on the occasion of the Festival of Books in Brittany, the City of Carhaix has awarded its Novel Prize, which honors a work published between April 1 of the previous year and March 31 of the current year.
Ecume d'hiver , Anne-Solange Muis, Prix du roman de la Ville de Carhaix 2026The prize, worth 1500 euros, will be awarded to the winner, Anne-Solange Muis, for "Écume d’hiver" (Phébus, 2026) during the 37th edition of the Festival of Books in Brittany, on Saturday, October 24 at 2:15 PM at the Glenmor Space.
The novel: "Écume d’hiver" (Phébus, 2026)
In the village of Miquelon, winter has erased everything, and the horizon no longer exists. It is here that Michel and Jean, two brothers who live from traditional cod fishing, were born. But one cold evening, Jean disappears. His fate will then seal the destiny of his son Yoann, forced to return to the island he left as a child. Confronted with a daily life where nature guides everything, this man must reconnect with the land that saw him born and, who knows, with his past.
Through chapters composed like paintings, Anne-Solange Muis immerses the reader in the landscapes and legends of Miquelon-Langlade, in Saint-Pierre-and-Miquelon, this piece of France lost at the edges of the North Atlantic. And she builds, with a language of infinite sobriety, the immense backdrop of a vibrant story of transmission.
The author
Anne-Solange Muis is a geographer. She founded the publishing house "Terre Urbaine," which publishes essays on ecology, territories, and the city. She is the recipient of the Amerigo-Vespucci Prize for her first novel, "Une île pour elle," which was also a finalist for the City of Carhaix Prize last year, as well as the Nessay Literary Prize and the Gens de Mer Prize for her second novel, "Écume d'hiver."
Previous winners of the City of Carhaix Novel Prize
2025: Marie Vingtras, Les âmes féroce (L’Olivier)
2024: Dimitri Rouchon-Borie, Le chien des étoiles (Le Tripode)
2023: Sylvie Le Bihan, Les Sacrifiés (Denoël)
2022: Louis Grall, Le nageur d’Aral (La Manufacture de livres)
2021: Christian Blanchard, Tu ne seras plus mon frère (Belfond)
2020: Philippe Gerin, Les voyages de Cosme K (Gaïa Éditions)
2019: Frank Darcel, Vilaine blessure (Le Temps Éditeur)
2018: Mérédith Le Dez, Le Cœur mendiant (La part commune)
2017: Marie Le Gall, Mon étrange sœur (Grasset)
2016: Daniel Cario, Les chemins creux de Saint-Fiacre (Presses de la Cité)
2015: Loïc Le Guillouzer, Cochinchine (Goater Éditions)
2014: Julia Kerninon, Buvard (Rouergue)
2013: Juhel Fabienne, Les oubliés de la lande (Rouergue)
2012: Claire Fourier, Les silences de la guerre (Points)
2011: Gaël Brunet, Tous les trois (Rouergue)
2010: Hervé Jaouen, Ceux de Ker-Askol (Presses de la Cité)
2009: Tanguy Viel, Paris Brest (Minuit)
2008: Françoise Moreau, Jamais de la vie (Diabase)
2007: Sylvain Coher, Fidéicommis (Naïve)
2006: Marie-Hélène Bahain, L’arbre au vent (Diabase)
2005: Arnaud Le Gouëfflec, Basile et Massue (Sixto Éditions)
2004: Cédric Morgan, Le bleu de la mer (Phébus)
2003: Marie Le Drian, Ça ne peut plus durer (Julliard)
2002: Soazig Aron, Le Non de Klara (Maurice Nadeau)
2001: Jacques Josse, Café Roussau (La Digitale)
2000: Bernard Garel, Mines flottantes (Ramsay)
1999: Yvon Inizan, Ailleurs exactement (HB Éditions)
