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Renaudot French lit prize winner feels: "immense joy" Two novels about the Nazis took France's biggest literary prizes on Monday, with Eric Vuillard's story of how German industry and finance backed Adolf Hitler winning the top Prix Goncourt. The Renaudot award, which is often seen as a consolation prize for those not shortlisted for the Goncourt, went to "The Disappearance of Josef Mengele" about the secret post-Holocaust life of the Nazi war criminal. SOUNDBITE from author Olivier Guez