The Académie Goncourt unveiled, on Wednesday, September 2, the first selection of its 2026 prize. Among the sixteen names selected is that of Thélyson Orélien, for his debut novel It was that or die, published on August 19 by Éditions Grasset.
Born in Gonaïves in 1988, Orélien left Haiti after the 2010 earthquake to settle in Quebec, where he has lived ever since. A poet and essayist before turning to novels, he had first published It was that or die in the spring with Boréal, the Quebec publishing house, where the book h
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