Noham Selcer was awarded the Prix Maison Rouge Biarritz 2026 for his novel Midgar, published by Gallimard in August 2025. The ceremony took place at the Hôtel Café de Paris in Biarritz on October 2, 2026, at 1:32 p.m. The eighth edition of the award was judged by a panel led by Hervé Le Tellier, who won the Prix Concourt in 2020, and included writers and critics such as Eliette Abécassis, Raphaël Enthoven, Dorothée Janin-Goldman, and others. The Prix Maison Rouge Biarritz, created in 2019 by Céline and Guillaume Farré, seeks to reward works that demonstrate boldness, originality, and creativity, without strict genre boundaries. Midgar tells the story of three characters—Sura, Zellik, and Gaston—who grow up under the same urban and dark sky, within the same family, and experience the same upheavals. However, each character interprets their upbringing differently: Sura becomes a rebel, Zellik pursues power through wealth, and Gaston becomes deeply aware of what is at risk of disappearing. As adults, their relationships are tested by contradictions and tensions. Zellik works for the powerful oil company IXIA Power, while Sura becomes a lawyer fighting to protect the environment. A sudden event forces Zellik and his sister to confront each other in a rare and intense struggle, threatening to break their bond, especially for the sensitive Gaston. Noham Selcer was born in Paris in 1990. At 18, he became a mathematics teacher and published two books on the subject with Ellipses Publishing. In 2014, he turned his focus to theater, with his plays performed at the Théâtre du Rond-Point in Paris. His first novel, Les Chaînes de Markov, was published by Gallimard in March 2024, and Midgar is his second novel with the same publisher. In 2025, the first edition of the Prix Maison Rouge Biarritz, chaired by Hervé Le Tellier, was won by Victor Pouchet for his novel Voyage voyage (also published by Gallimard). A photo from the 2026 ceremony shows Selcer surrounded by members of the jury, including Hervé Le Tellier and Dorothée Janin-Goldman, at Café de Paris. The image was credited to Pierre Chambion.