Goncourt Academy drops Orélien novel

AI Suspicion: Novel from the Goncourt Shortlist Withdrawn

The book "C'était ça ou mourir" by Thélyson Orélien is affected, as the author had already faced plagiarism allegations.

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Süddeutsche Zeitung

Literature: Was AI involved here?

Thélyson Orélien's debut was celebrated at first, but now the author must defend himself against accusations that he wrote his novel with artificial intelligence.

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El Goncourt retira como finalista una novela que considera “muy probablemente” generada con IA

El organismo francés señala varios casos de plagio atribuidos al autor de 'C’était ça ou mourir', de Thélyson Orélien, y asegura que quiere preservar la integridad del premio El Goncourt pedía prudencia y mantenía como finalista la novela a la espera de “explicaciones” La Academia Goncourt, responsable de uno de los premios más prestigiosos de la literatura en lengua francesa, ha decidido retirar de su primera lista de candidatos al galardón la novela C’était ça ou mourir , del escritor haitiano Thélyson Orélien, después de detectar presuntos plagios y de que varios análisis concluyeran que la obra habría sido elaborada en buena medida con ayuda de inteligencia artificial. En un comunicado , la Academia explica que la decisión llega después de tener en cuenta “los plagios de los que su autor se ha hecho responsable a lo largo del tiempo y que acaban de salir a la luz”, así como los resultados de varios análisis realizados por investigadores y periodistas que, según el organismo, apuntan en la misma dirección. La

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🇫🇷 The organisers of France's top literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, on Friday said they had removed a widely praised novel by Canadian-Haitian writer Thelyson Orelien from its longlist following online claims that artificial intelligence was used to write it.
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September 25, 2026 at 11:35 AM

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Rebecca Williams

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And finally, what AI was used? Was permission given for applicants ideas and data to be fed into an AI? Was it a closed AI or have they all now been sucked into the great AI plagiarism machine?

September 25, 2026 at 10:39 AM

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Marianne Blanchard

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ça va pas @lemonde.fr ? "Suivant un **réflexe communautaire** assez classique, les partisans de Thélyson Orélien moquent l’outil et dénoncent une cabale raciste de la presse de droite et d’extrême droite contre un écrivain noir et son histoire de migrants." Mais 🤮🤬🤦💩
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« Le cas Thélyson Orélien, accusé d’écrire avec l’IA, est un séisme pour le monde littéraire, qui campe sur l’image de l’écrivain solitaire »

CHRONIQUE. Si l’intelligence artificielle se niche dans un livre de qualité, en l’occurrence « C’était ça ou mourir » du romancier canado-haïtien, en tête des ventes et en lice pour le prix Goncourt, ...

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« Le cas Thélyson Orélien, accusé d’écrire avec l’IA, est un séisme pour le monde littéraire, qui campe sur l’image de l’écrivain solitaire »

Si l’intelligence artificielle se niche dans un livre de qualité, en l’occurrence « C’était ça ou mourir » du romancier canado-haïtien, en tête des ventes et en lice pour le prix Goncourt, où va-t-on ? Sans doute faut-il l’accepter, estime Michel Guerrin, rédacteur en chef au « Monde », dans sa chronique.

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Nelson Flores

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Whatever people’s stance on whether people should use AI or not, the accusation of AI use being used to delegitimize marginalized people was inevitable. This is precisely why I have been skeptical of surveillance as the solution.

Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 1d

The far right in France has accused Thélyson Orélien, a Haitian writer whose novel has been widely acclaimed, to have used AI to write it

The accusation is, unsurprisingly, based on shaky grounds as described in this excellent article but the damage is done

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