The Goncourt Academy Withdraws Thélyson Orélien's Novel from Prize Selection

The Goncourt Academy announced on Friday that it was withdrawing the novel by Canado-Haitian author Thélyson Orélien from its selection for the Goncourt Prize due to accusations of plagiarism and the use of artificial intelligence against him.<\/p>

This decision "is dictated by the desire to preserve the integrity of the Goncourt Prize and that of the Academy, whose central role is to promote and crown literature written by women and men," the Academy explained in a statement sent to AFP, which had placed the novel "C'était ça ou