The Splendid Award Ceremony for the Prix Aznavour des Mots d’Amour 2024
The most beautiful love lyrics in French chanson are undoubtedly his. In love with the world, with life, but especially with words, Charles Aznavour has marked entire generations with his stirring lyrics, which reveal the loving man he was in all the relationships of his life. Writing was a beacon in Aznavour’s life, and he celebrated love in all in every shape and form with his words which transcended time. To pay tribute to his father, Mischa Aznavour created the Prix Aznavour des Mots d’Amour, awarded every year to a novel or a poem which celebrates love just like Aznavour intended.
For this second edition, the jury awarded Léonor de Récondo for her novel Le Grand Feu, published by Grasset. The story takes place in Venice during the 18th century, and is an ode to love and music.
Alongside Mischa Aznavour and Léonor de Récondo, we met the jury members Perrine Tripier, Charlotte Gallimard, Pascal Nègre, Elisabeth Moreno, Daniela Lumbroso, Jacques Braunstein, Gérard Davoust and Jacques Terzian, but also Tiffany Tavernier, Elodie Frégé and many others.
Text: Agathe Ternoy
Photos: Michaël Huard
