David Djaïz's "La Méthode" Nominated for 2026 Prix Goncourt

David Djaïz's book "La Méthode" has been nominated for the Prix Goncourt 2026, with the author appearing on France 24 to discuss the nomination. The announcement was published on 1 October 2026 at 13:40. The France 24 video segment featuring Djaïz carries a cover image credited to France 24. The page notes that viewing the YouTube content requires authorizing audience-measurement and advertising cookies, and that a browser extension appears to be blocking the video player, which must be disabled or uninstalled to watch. The nomination places "La Méthode" among the contenders for France's most prestigious literary prize. The surrounding France 24 video offering includes segments on an unknown man who invented one of the most famous musical instruments, how the popemobile became iconic, photographer Alice Seeley Harris and colonial violence in Congo, Hector Guimard and Art nouveau in the Paris metro, ASCII art as a fully digital genre, the 10th anniversary of the Village international de la gastronomie in Paris, Céline Dion's emotional two-hour show, the Venice Mostra awarding "Woman Unknown" and the documentary "Naza," and an Israeli documentary on Gaza winning a special jury prize in Venice.