France's Goncourt literary prize awarded to Laurent Mauvignier for family saga

French novelist Laurent Mauvignier has won France’s most prestigious literary honor, the Goncourt Prize, for "La Maison Vide" (The Empty House). ''The book recalls the great realist authors of the 19th century, like Zola, Maupassant and Flaubert," reports FRANCE 24’s Culture Editor Olivia Salazar-Winspear.