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Congratulations to Eleanor Lischka, DPhil in French literature at New College, Oxford who has won the R. Gapper Postgraduate Essay prize, for her essay ‘"Ma vision harmonieuse et transparente": sound and the power of language in Proust’s argument against obscurity'.

Eleanor has won a cash prize of £750, an expenses paid trip to the next annual conference of the Society for French Studies and a mention in the French Studies Bulletin and on the Society for French Studies website.

Eleanor says: "I'm delighted to have been awarded the Gapper prize and I'd like to offer my sincere thanks to the Society for French Studies."