The second part of Maurizio Manzieri’s interview with Stephan Martiniere has just gone online. As part of it Martiniere talks about winning a Hugo, and reveals that he declined nomination this year. It is pretty clear that he doesn’t have much idea how the Hugos actually work, or indeed what changes have been made over the past few years, but I’m glad he won anyway because he does great work.
By the way, it occurs to me that Martiniere may be the first Frenchman ever to win a Hugo. I don’t have time to check the lists. Can anyone confirm or deny this?
AFAIK, you are correct
I know Farenheit 451 was nominated, but it didn’t win and in the seventies, the Club du Livre d’Anticipation won a Special Committee Award (not a Hugo) for excellence in book production, and Pierre Versins also receved one for L’Encyclopedie de l’Utopie et de la Science Fiction