The 2022 Lucien-Barrière Literary Prize

The 2022 Lucien-Bar­rière Lit­er­ary Prize is award­ed to the nov­el Robert Red­ford by Michael Feeney Callan. 

Rely­ing on news arti­cles and Redford’s let­ters, as well as hun­dreds of hours of inter­views, Michael Feeney Callan sheds light on the leg­endary star, reveal­ing his bro­ken fam­i­ly and trou­bled youth, his rough begin­nings in com­e­dy, the death of his son, his polit­i­cal engage­ment, his loves and his friend­ships. An hon­est and sur­pris­ing por­trait of a man whose emblem­at­ic roles (Butch Cas­sidy and the Sun­dance Kid, All the President’s Men) and bril­liant direct­ing (Ordi­nary Peo­ple, Quiz Show) both defined and obscured one of the most renowned stars of our time.