Mohamed Mbougar Sarr and his publishers: “a unique relationship built over time”
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From left to right: Philippe Rey, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr and Felwine Sarr C.Entzmann / C.Rasmussen/ I.Bigou-Gilles / Divergence / TT Agency/ AFP /Hans Lucas
In 2021, The Most Secret Memory of Men won the Prix Goncourt, which honors a text of rare literary quality, but also the trio formed by its author, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, and his co-editors, Felwine Sarr and Philippe Rey. Between them, literature has forged a bond of unfailing brotherhood.
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I subscribeThe Académie Goncourt had warned. If the prize were to go to The Most Secret Memory of Men , the phone would ring between 12:30 and 12:40. But the minutes pass on this November 3, 2021, and still nothing. 12:35, 36, 37… Mohamed Mbougar Sarr is preparing to no longer believe it, like his co-editors, Felwine Sarr (no relation to the author) and Philippe Rey . All three have chosen to wait together in the latter's offices, a stone's throw from Drouant, the Parisian restaurant where the jurors deliberate.
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