Prix Femina awarded to Philippe Jaenada for “La Serpe”

Le prix Femina attribué à Philippe Jaenada pour “La Serpe”

Dans ce livre, le romancier de 53 ans raconte l’histoire d’Henri Girard, un écrivain suspecté d’un triple meurtre en 1941.

In his book, the 53 year old novelist tells the story of Henri Girard, a writer suspected of carrying out a triple murder in 1941.

Philippe Jaenada, le 23 septembre 2017, à Manosque (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence).
Philippe Jaenada, le 23 septembre 2017, à Manosque (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence). (JOEL SAGET / AFP)

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Philippe Jaenada a remporté, mercredi 8 novembre, le prix Femina pour son roman La Serpe (Julliard). A 53 ans, le romancier a été choisi au 5e tour par six voix contre quatre à Véronique Olmi et son livre Bakhita (Albin Michel). Dans ce livre, il rouvre l’affaire Henri Girard, un écrivain suspecté d’un triple meurtre en 1941.

De prime abord, l’affaire semble limpide. Le criminel ne peut être que le fils de famille dévoyé, un certain Henri Girard. Est-ce si sûr ? Contre toute attente, Henri Girard sera acquitté lors de son procès en 1943. Mais le soupçon lui collera toujours à la peau. Même acquitté, ce type “antipathique” était considéré par beaucoup comme coupable du meurtre atroce de son père, de sa tante et de la bonne.

A peine blanchi des trois crimes qu’on lui reprochait, Henri Girard a dilapidé l’héritage familial. Il est parti en Amérique du Sud d’où il reviendra miséreux, sans dents, mais avec le manuscrit du Salaire de la peur, qu’il publiera sous le nom de Georges Arnaud.

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Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer. The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013. Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI. Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug 2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website. But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien. The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50. Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea. Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
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