Creation of the Inalco Student Prize for Manga in partnership with the Guimet Museum
16 April 2025
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Inalco and the Musée Guimet have joined forces to create the "Inalco Student Prize for Manga", which will be awarded for the first time this year as part of the 8th Prix Émile Guimet for Asian Literature. The Inalco jury is made up of five students from the Japanese Studies department, from a variety of backgrounds and levels, who met from December 2024 to March 2025 to examine, analyze and debate the 8 mangas in competition, all of which were translated and published in France in 2024.
The winning title will be announced on June 4, 2025 at an awards ceremony held at the Musée Guimet, and will receive an endowment of 2,500 euros from the museum.
Inalco and the Musée Guimet have joined forces to create the "Inalco Student Prize for Manga", which will be awarded for the first time this year as part of the 8th Prix Émile Guimet for Asian Literature. The Inalco jury is made up of five students from the Japanese Studies department, from a variety of backgrounds and levels, who met from December 2024 to March 2025 to examine, analyze and debate the 8 mangas in competition, all of which were translated and published in France in 2024.
The winning title will be announced on June 4, 2025 at an awards ceremony held at the Musée Guimet, and will receive an endowment of 2,500 euros from the museum.

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The Émile Guimet Prize for Asian Literature
This prize, created to highlight the richness and diversity of Asian literature translated into French, enters its eighth edition with a selection of outstanding works. Launched by the musée Guimet in 2017, it distinguishes, under the presidency of Laure Adler, the original work of an author from Asia, recently translated and published in France. It aims to promote contemporary Asian literature and encourage cultural exchanges between Asia and France. Since 2024, in addition to the "Novel" category created in 2017, the Emile Guimet Prize for Asian Literature has also crowned a work in the "Comics" category.

Shortlisted books in the Manga category
- "Land, vol. 1 ", Kazumi Yamashita, Éd. Mangetsu
- "The bike store salesman, vol. 6 ", Arare Matsumishi, Éd. Le lézard noir
- "Peleliu Gaiden, tome 1", Kazuyoshi Takeda, Éd. Vega Dupuis
- "No manga no life, tome 1", Mochizuki Minetaro, Éd. Le lézard noir
- "La vie d'Otama", Keiko Ichiguchi and Andrea Accardi, Éd. Kana
- "Asadora, Naoki Urasawa, tome 8", Éd. Kana
- "The Green Planet, Volume 2", Keiko Shinzo, Éd. Le lézard noir
- "Tokyo, these days, volume 1", Taiyô Matsumoto, Éd. Kana
The 2025 jury of the Inalco Student Prize for Manga
- Rika Akiyama, Master 1
- Rym Bourki, Licence 3
- Adrien Carol, Licence 3
- Zoé Dupré, Master 1
- Grégoire Savajols, Licence 1