FRANCE BLEU AND THE 10/18 EDITION AWARDS FRANCOIS HENRI SOULIE FOR NOVEL ANGELUS

USPA NEWS - François-Henri Soulie has been awarded FRANCE BLEU PRIZE - GREAT DETECTIVES section, by FRANCE BLEU and EDITIONS 10/18 or his novel ANGELUS, Jean-Emmanuel Casalta, Director of France Bleu, chaired the jury was made up of 13 listeners and 12 listeners selected from among the 5,000 applications submitted on francebleu.fr, the portal site of the 44 branches of France Bleu, two facilitators, an editor in chef and three communicators from France Bleu. ANGELUS is in the line of abbey thrillers (Umberto Eco, Peter Tremayne“¦). This novel adds a reflection on fanaticism to a large romantic fresco and a real detective plot through medieval Occitania of 1165! 2 abbeys, 2 days, 2 crimes! Suspicion is on those who will soon be called the Cathars. The Church of Rome commissions a young investigator ... Many readers do not hesitate to point out a flattering connection between François-Henri Soulie and Umberto Eco, author of The Name of the Rose.

THE JURY IS CHAIRED BY JEAN EMMANUEL CASALTA DIRECTOR OF FRANCE BLEU--------------------------------- The jury, chaired by Jean-Emmanuel Casalta, Director of France Bleu, was made up of 13 listeners and 12 listeners selected from among the 5,000 applications submitted on francebleu.fr, the portal site of the 44 branches of France Bleu, two facilitators, an editor in chef and three communicators from France Bleu.--------------------------------------------------------------- Jean-Emmanuel Casalta acknowledges : “The choice between the 5 very original novels was difficult. But Angélus, with the backdrop of a beautifully restored medieval Occitania and a plot firmly rooted in this region of origin of the author, is totally in line with this promise of our 44 local radio stations: to promote history, regional heritage and those who, out of passion and talent, make them accessible to us. " THE 1ST EDITION OF THE FRANCE BLEU PRIZE - GRANDS DETECTIVES LAUNCHED IN FEBRUARY 2020 The first edition of the FRANCE BLEU PRIZE - GRANDS DETECTIVES was launched in February 2020. It is also disrupted by the health crisis (COVID-19 outbreak) which notably prevented the awarding of the Prize initially scheduled for mid-June at the “Saint-Maur en Poche“ trade fair. The Prix France Bleu - Grands Détectives is the second literary prize launched by France Bleu, after the Prix France Bleu - PAGE des Libraires 6 years ago. These two prizes aim to promote pleasure reading.

THE MEDIA COVERAGES A LSO LIKING ANGELUS--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “A Machiavellian intrigue and a formidable historical fresco. »Le Figaro Magazine “Between fanaticism, power battles, cascading murders, we are never bored for a moment.» HISTORIA “A novel that catapults us with earthiness in this beautiful and rich Occitania. " BENEFITS François-Henri Soulie, lives in Montauban, and is a man of the theater with many hats: writer, actor, puppeteer, set designer, director and screenwriter. He is also the author at 10/18 of a trilogy co-written with Thierry Bourcy, which takes us on a journey through Europe at the beginning of the 17th century: « Le Songe de l'astronome » (The Dream fo the Astronome), La Conspiration du Globe (The conspiracy fo the globe )and « Ils ont tue Ravaillac » (They killed Ravaillac) ABOUT FRANCE BLEU----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- France Bleu is the network of French local public radios, broken down into 44 general public proximity radios. It was created at the initiative of Jean-Marie Cavada, CEO of Radio France, in September 2000. The content is essentially made up of local programs from local stations in the regions and departments relayed in the evening, at night and at noon by a National program. It is part of the public group Radio France, in which it can be compared to France 3 within France Télévisions because of its local mission.Jean-Emmanuel Casalta takes up his duties as director of France Bleu on September 10, 2018, succeeding Eric Revel. Source: France Bleu