Article (GillesHeuré) about the controversial award of the 1919 #PrixGoncourt to #Proust, « A L’ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs », published by then #NRF), rather than to #anciencombattant #Dorgelès, « Les Croix de bois ». The award broke with a wartime tradition seeing the prize going to #soldiers (R. Benjamin, #Barbusse, #Malherbe, #Duhamel) and was seen as a trumping of the worker class by the effete #bourgeoisie, the #salon class. Revenge for not winning in 1913, #SwannsWay (brilliant).

Article (GillesHeuré) about the controversial award of the 1919 #PrixGoncourt to #Proust, « A L’ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs », published by then #NRF), rather than to #anciencombattant #Dorgelès, « Les Croix de bois ». The award broke with a wartime tradition seeing the prize going to #soldiers (R. Benjamin, #Barbusse, #Malherbe, #Duhamel) and was seen as a trumping of the worker class by the effete #bourgeoisie, the #salon class. Revenge for not winning in 1913, #SwannsWay (brilliant).