French writer Louis Chevaillier reconstructs the 1924 Paris Olympics literature competition where 32 writers vied for medals; a jury led by Nobel Prize winners and luminaries judged lyrical, dramatic, or narrative works inspired by the sporting ideal.
The jury, including Nobel laureate Maurice Maeterlinck, poet Paul Valery with a poignant past, and novelist Vicente Blasco Ibanez, aimed to generate epic discourse for the 'pagan religion of modernity' through the competition.
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