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In this competition, the animal takes pride of place<\/strong>, whether or not it is the main character of the work. In France<\/strong>, where half of all households have a pet, 68% of French people consider their pet to be a fully-fledged member of the family.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In November, the month of prices, the weather is usually… miserable. But this Wednesday, November 15, 2023<\/strong>, the weather is rather mild. There’s no need to shelter under an umbrella in front of the Drouant restaurant on Place Gaillon<\/strong> in Paris<\/strong> to wait for the name of the winner of the 41st edition<\/strong>. On the second floor of the restaurant, a cluster of journalists and photographers wait patiently in the Salon Proust, which adjoins the famous Salon Goncourt.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n What do the members of the jury have in common? They are all sensitive to the animal cause<\/strong> and very attached to this annual event. Didier Decoin, <\/strong>President of the Acad\u00e9mie Goncourt, is President of the Prix 30 Millions d’Amis<\/strong>. The nine jurors include Reha Hutin<\/strong>, President of the 30 Millions d’Amis Foundation, academician Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Vitoux<\/strong>, writers Didier Van Cauwelaert<\/strong> (Prix Goncourt 1994) and Ir\u00e8ne Frain<\/strong> (Prix Interalli\u00e9 2020), philosopher and novelist Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Lenoir<\/strong>, and publisher Teresa Cremisi<\/strong>. Missing from the line-up<\/strong>, however, are the eagerly-awaited Michel Houellebecq<\/strong> (Prix Goncourt 2010) and Swiss author Jo\u00ebl Dicker<\/strong> (Goncourt des lyc\u00e9ens 2012), a regular at previous editions.<\/p>\n
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