1.
LS CROW OUTSIDE RESTAURANT
21 1/2 ft

2.
CU SIGN
4 ft

3.
MS CROWD
7 ft

4.
MS CROWD SURROUNDS HERIAT (2 SHOTS)
11 ft

5.
MS CAMERAMEN
12 ft

6.
MS CROWD SURROUNDS LANOUX
17 ft

7.
MS MORE CROWD
18 ft

8.
CU HIM TALKING TO REPORTERS (2 SHOTS)
25 ft

9.
LS HE TALKING TO THEM
27 ft



Initials CAR/S/GAP/YA/AMR



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Background: HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WAITED OUTSIDE THE DROUANT RESTAURANT, PLACE GAILLON, IN PARIS ON NOVEMBER 18 TO HEAR THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE WINNER OF A FAMOUS LITERARY AWARD, THE GONCOURT PRIZE.

SCORES OF JOURNALISTS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSEMBLED OUTSIDE THE JUROR'S ROOM FOR THE RESULT. THE 10-MAN JURY HAD REACHED A DEADLOCK IN THEIR DECISION, BUT THE VOTE OF THE JURY PRESIDENT WAS THE DECIDING FACTOR FOR MR. ARMAND LANOUX, 50, WHO WAS THE WINNER.

MR. PHILIPE HERIAT, A MEMBER OF THE JURY, WHO MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT, WAS MOBBED BY A HUGE CROWD INCLUDING JOURNALISTS WHEN HE EMERGED FROM THE ROOM.

MR. LANOUX, A FATHER OF THREE CHILDREN, WAS AWARDED THE PRIZE FOR HIS NOVEL ENTITLED "WHEN THE SEA RECEDES".

MR. LANOUX IS A JOURNALIST AND RADIO COMMENTATOR AND HIS BOOK HAS A THEME CONCERNING WAR AND PEACE AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A FRENCH MAN AND A FRENCH CANADIAN WITH THE SAME SURNAME.