Ismail Serageldin Welcomed Edmonde Charles-Roux and the members of the academie Gongourt and Prof Kopp the historian/biographer of the Goncourt brothers in a celebration of the centennial of the academie Gongourt and its prize (1904-2004). This most prestigious of French literary prizes has been a brilliant detector of talent for a century and it was quite a wonderful event that the academie Gongourt would end its year of celebrations at he BA.