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Prix du Polar Européen

The Prix du Polar Européen (English: European Crime Fiction Prize) is a French literary prize awarded each year for the best crime or thriller novel by a European author in French or a French translation. The award was launched by the weekly magazine Le Point in 2003.[1]

The jury is composed of police officers, publishing professionals and journalists. The prize was originally delivered to the winning author at the opening of the Nice Book Festival but, since 2007, it has been awarded at the Quais du Polar in Lyon.

Juries

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The President of the first jury was Charles Diaz, the former Inspector-General of the IGPN ("Inspection Générale de la Police Nationale" or General Inspectorate of the National Police). The President of the tenth jury, in 2012, was the French politician Jean-Louis Debré.

Winners

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Year Author Translator(s) Author's nationality Title (original publication year) Ref
2003 Laura Grimaldi Geneviève Leibrich Italy La Colpa (1990) [1]
2004 Bill James Danièle & Pierre Bondil United Kingdom Protection (1988) [1]
2005 Laura Wilson Marie-Lise Marlière United Kingdom The Lover (2004) [1]
2006 Giancarlo De Cataldo Catherine Siné & Serge Quadruppani Italy Romanzo Criminale (2002) [1]
2007 John Harvey Jean-Paul Gratias United Kingdom Ash and Bone (2005) [1]
2008 Arnaldur Indriðason Éric Boury Iceland Kleifarvatn (2004) [1]
2009 Philip Kerr Johan-Frédérik Hel-Guedj United Kingdom The One From the Other (2006) [1]
2010 Pierre Lemaitre France Cadres Noirs [1]
2011 Declan Hughes Aurélie Tronchet Ireland The Wrong Kind of Blood (2006) [1]
2012 Víctor del Árbol Claude Bleton Spain The Sadness of the Samurai (2011) [1]
2013 Petros Markaris Michel Volkovitch Greece Liquidations à la grecque (2012) [1]
2014 Hervé Le Corre France Après la guerre (2014) [1]
2015 Sascha Arango Dominique Autrand Germany Die Wahrheit und andere Lügen (2014) [1]
2016 Olivier Norek France Surtensions [1]
2017 Hannelore Cayre France La Daronne [1]
2018 Malin Persson Giolito Laurence Mennerich Sweden Quicksand (2016) [1][2]
2019 Tim Willocks Benjamin Legrand United Kingdom La Mort selon Turner [1][3]
2020 Abir Mukherjee Fanchita Gonzalez-Batlle United Kingdom India L'attaque du Calcutta-Darjeeling [1][4]
2021 Jurica Pavicic Olivier Lannuzel Croatia L'eau rouge [1][5]
2022 Victor Guilbert France Terra Nullius [1][6]
2023 Jacky Schwartzmann France Shit! [1][7]
2024 Davide Longo Marianne Faurobert Italy L'Affaire Bramard [1][8]
2025 Vera Buck Brice Germain Germany Les Enfants loups [9]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "Prix Le Point du Polar Européen". Quais du Polar. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  2. ^ "La Suédoise Malin Persson Giolito remporte le prix Le Point du polar européen 2018". Livres hebdo. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Le Britannique Tim Willocks remporte le prix Le Point du Polar européen 2019". Actualitté. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Le Prix Le Point du Polar européen 2020 pour Abir Mukherjee". Livres Hebdo. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Jurica Pavicic, lauréat du Prix Le Point du Polar européen". Bepolar. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Montval-sur-Loir. Victor Guilbert dédicace ses romans ce samedi à Leclerc". Ouest France. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  7. ^ "L'auteur bisontin Jacky Schwartzmann, prix 'Le Point' du Polar européen 2023". L'Est Republican. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  8. ^ "Davide Longo reçoit le Prix Le Point du polar pour "L'Affaire Bramard"". Hachette. 5 April 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  9. ^ "Vera Buck, lauréate du Prix Le Point du Polar européen 2025". Actualitté. 3 April 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.


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