Prix Goncourt shapes French letters: the Académie Goncourt awards the year’s best imaginative prose.
The Académie Goncourt has withdrawn Thélyson Orelien's novel It Was That or Die from its longlist amid AI and plagiarism allegations. Orelien denies using AI, while publishers caution against drawing conclusions. The move follows a wave of debate on AI in literature as the prize shortlist approaches.