Moroccan-born Leila Slimani Wins Goncourt, France's Top Literary
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published November 03, 2016 | 05:15 PM
PARIS, Nov 3, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 03rd Nov, 2016 ) - Moroccan-born Leila Slimani won France's top literary prize, the Goncourt, on Thursday with a novel that "scares the wits out of parents".
"Chanson douce" (roughly translated as "Sweet Song"), is based on the real-life story of a Dominican nanny shortly to stand trial for murdering two children she was looking after in New York in 2012.
The separate Renaudot prize, often seen as something of a consolation prize, went to "Babylone" by Yasmina Reza, best known for her hit play "Art".
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