Grand_Prix_de_Littérature_Policière

Grand Prix de Littérature Policière

Grand Prix de Littérature Policière

French literary prize

The Grand Prix de Littérature Policière (or the Police Literature Grand Prize) is a French literary prize founded in 1948 by author and literary critic Maurice-Bernard Endrèbe. It is the most prestigious award for crime and detective fiction in France. Two prizes are awarded annually to the best French novel and to the best international crime novel published in that year.[1]

French Prize

1940s

  • 1948 – Le Cinquième procédé by Léo Malet
  • 1949 – La Parole est au mort by Odette Sorensen (fr)

1950s

  • 1950 – Jeux pour mourir by Géo-Charles Véran (fr)
  • 1951 – Fumées sans feu by Jacques Decrest et Germaine Decrest (fr)
  • 1952 – Passons la monnaie by André Piljean (fr)
  • 1953 – Opération Odyssée by Jean-Pierre Conty (fr)
  • 1954 – La Beauté qui meurt by François Brigneau
  • 1955 – Assassin mon frère by Gilles-Maurice Dumoulin (fr)
  • 1956 – Pleins feux sur Sylvie by Michel Lebrun (fr) and Les Petites mains de la Justice by Guy Venayre (fr)
  • 1957 – Le Bourreau pleure by Frédéric Dard
  • 1958 – On n'enterre pas le dimanche by Fred Kassak (fr)
  • 1959 – Deuil en rouge by Paul Gerrard

1960s

1970s

1980s

  • 1980 – Le Crime d'Antoine by Dominique Roulet (fr)
  • 1981 – Reflets changeants sur mare de sang, L'Unijambiste de la côte 284, and Aime le maudit by Pierre Siniac
  • 1982 – L'Audience solennelle by Jean-Pierre Cabannes (fr)
  • 1983 – Collabo song by Jean Mazarin (fr)
  • 1984 – Sur la terre comme au ciel by René Belletto
  • 1985 – Meurtres pour mémoire by Didier Daeninckx
  • 1986 – La queue du scorpion by Christian Gernigon (fr)
  • 1986 – N'oubliez pas l'artiste by Gérard Delteil (fr)
  • 1987 – Trois morts au soleil by Jacques Sadoul
  • 1988 – Aix abrupto by Jean-Paul Demure (fr)
  • 1989 – Un gros besoin d'amour by Tito Topin (fr)

1990s

  • 1990 – Billard à l'étage by Michel Quint
  • 1991 – Hôpital souterrain by Hervé Jaouen (fr)
  • 1992 – La Commedia des ratés by Tonino Benacquista
  • 1993 – Boulevard des ombres by Paul Couturiau (fr)
  • 1994 – Tiré à part by Jean-Jacques Fiechter (fr)
  • 1995 – La Main morte by Philippe Huet (fr)
  • 1996 – Ambernave by Jean-Hugues Oppel (fr)
  • 1997 – La Mort des bois by Brigitte Aubert
  • 1998 – Sans homicide fixe by Serge Gardebled (fr)
  • 1999 – La Paresse de Dieu by Laurent Bénégui (fr)

2000s

  • 2000 – Du bruit sous le silence by Pascal Dessaint (fr)
  • 2001 – Chasseurs de têtes by Michel Crespy (fr)
  • 2002 – Les Brouillards de la Butte by Patrick Pécherot (fr)
  • 2003 – L'Ivresse des dieux by Laurent Martin (fr)
  • 2004 – Double peine by Virginie Brac (fr)
  • 2004 – Les Silences de Dieu by Gilbert Sinoue
  • 2005 – Le Testament de Dieu by Philippe Le Roy (fr)
  • 2006 – La Colère des enfants déchus by Catherine Fradier (fr)
  • 2007 – Citoyens clandestins by DOA (fr)
  • 2008 – Zulu by Caryl Férey (fr)
  • 2009 – Les Cœurs déchiquetés by Hervé Le Corre (fr)

2010s

  • 2010 – Adieu Jérusalem by Alexandra Schwartzbrod (fr)
  • 2011 – L’Honorable Société by DOA (fr) and Dominique Manotti (fr)
  • 2012 – Arab jazz by Karim Miské (fr)
  • 2013 – Des nœuds d'acier by Sandrine Collette[2] (fr)
  • 2014 – Pur by Antoine Chainas (fr)
  • 2015 – Derrière les panneaux, il y a des hommes by Joseph Incardona
  • 2016 – Un trou dans la toile by Luc Chomarat
  • 2017 – La Daronne by Hannelore Cayre
  • 2018 – L'été circulaire by Marion Brunet
  • 2019 – Le Cherokee by Richard Morgiève
  • 2020 – La fabrique de la terreur by Frédéric Paulin

International Prize

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

References

  1. [1]
    (in French) Guide des Prix littéraires, online ed. Le Rayon du Polar. Synopsis of French prizes rewarding French and international crime literature, with lists of laureates for each Prize. Grand Prix de littérature policière: pp. 18–36.
  2. [2]
    (in French) Livreshebdo.fr Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
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