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Prix du Polar Européen

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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.

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)
2003 Laura Grimaldi Geneviève Leibrich  Italy La Colpa (1990)
2004 Bill James Danièle & Pierre Bondil  United Kingdom Protection (1988)
2005 Laura Wilson Marie-Lise Marlière  United Kingdom The Lover (2004)
2006 Giancarlo De Cataldo Catherine Siné & Serge Quadruppani  Italy Romanzo Criminale (2002)
2007 John Harvey Jean-Paul Gratias  United Kingdom Ash and Bone (2005)
2008 Arnaldur Indriðason Éric Boury  Iceland Kleifarvatn (2004)
2009 Philip Kerr Johan-Frédérik Hel-Guedj  United Kingdom The One From the Other (2006)
2010 David Moitet as listed by Editions Pocket  France Suicide Cellulaire
2011 Declan Hughes Aurélie Tronchet  Ireland The Wrong Kind of Blood (2006)
2012 Víctor del Árbol Claude Bleton  Spain The Sadness of the Samurai (2011)
2013 Petros Markaris Michel Volkovitch  Greece Liquidations à la grecque (2012)
2014 Hervé Le Corre as listed by Editions Rivages  France Après la guerre (2014)
2015 Sascha Arango Dominique Autrand  Germany Die Wahrheit und andere Lügen (2014)
2016 Olivier Norek  France Surtensions
2017 Hannelore Cayre  France La Daronne
2018 Malin Persson Giolito  Sweden Quicksand (2016)