Joris Luyendijk wint French Literary Prize

The 2010 Assises du Journalisme Literary Prize has been awarded to Des hommes comme les autres. Correspondants au Moyen-Orient, the French translation of Het zijn net mensen by Joris Luyendijk. For the first time this prize is conferred upon a non-French author and a non-French publisher. The Assises du Journalisme Literary Prize is a French literary prize awarded annually to a book on journalism and its practice. Luyendijks reportage about the shortcomings of journalism was published in England by Profile and in the United States by Soft Skull Press (both translations by Michele Hutchison).

Published: December 3, 2010 news