Brigitte Giraud won the 2022 Prix Goncourt for her book Vivre Vite (Live Fast). France 24 reported that she is "the first female author to win the most prestigious French-language literary prize since Leïla Slimani's Chanson douce in 2016, and the 13th woman to win since the Goncourt was created 120 years ago."
The award, which "guarantees hundreds of thousands of sales for the winning book," also comes with a €10 [about $9.72) check, "which the recipients prefer to frame rather than deposit in the bank," France 24 wrote.
This year's Prix Goncourt jury voted 14 times before a winner was chosen, the Guardian noted, adding that "after a final vote ended in stalemate, the president of the Goncourt Academy cast a deciding vote, choosing Giraud over her closest rival, Giuliano da Empoli."