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A New Chapter: Announcing The de Groot Visiting Fellowship Program
Building on the Library’s longstanding Visiting Fellowship and Scholars of Note programs, The de Groot Visiting Fellowship Program will continue to support writers, thinkers, and scholars across disciplines who advance dialogue, creativity, and cross-cultural understanding. Each year, the program will underwrite two Visiting Fellows and three Scholars of Note, providing support that enables recipients to immerse themselves in the Library’s vibrant intellectual community.
Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin by Sue Prideaux Wins the 2025 American Library in Paris Book Award
The announcement was made at a ceremony at the Hôtel de Talleyrand, in Paris, where Prideaux was presented with one of two hand-bound Book Award Special Editions of the winning title, crafted by the atelier Bougogne Reliure. The second copy will join the Library’s Special Collections. Prideaux also received a $5,000 prize, generously funded by the Florence Gould Foundation.
Announcing the Shortlist of the 2025 American Library in Paris Book Award
The American Library in Paris is pleased to unveil the shortlist for the 2025 Book Award, which celebrates outstanding works of literature that draw on France as a timeless source of inspiration. An advisory screening panel chaired by John Burnham Schwartz selected the shortlist from a longlist of eight titles, which was announced in June 2025. The winning title will be selected by an independent jury and announced at a ceremony on 7 November.
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