Grand Prix de Littérature Policière

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.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.

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

* 1960 – '' The Praying Mantises'' by Hubert Monteilhet
* 1962 – ''Le Procès du Diable'' by Pierre Forquin ( fr)
* 1963 – '' Trap for Cinderella'' by Sébastien Japrisot
* 1964 – ''La Jeune morte'' by Michel Carnal ( fr)
* 1965 – ''Bâteau en Espagne'' by Marc Delory ( fr)
* 1966 – ''L'interne de service'' by Laurence Oriol ( fr)
* 1967 – ''Le Crocodile est dans l'escalier'' by Jean-Pierre Alem ( fr)
* 1968 – ''Un beau monstre'' by Dominique Fabre
* 1969 – ''Drôle de pistolet'' by Francis Ryck

1970s

* 1970 – ''Zigzags'' by Paul Andréota
* 1971 – ''L'Assassin maladroit'' by
* 1972 – ''Le Canal rouge'' by
* 1973 – ''O Dingos, O Châteaux'' by Jean-Patrick Manchette
* 1974 – ''De 5 à 7 avec la mort'' by André-Paul Duchâteau
* 1975 – ''Un incident indépendant de notre volonté'' by
* 1976 – ''Les Sirènes de minuit'' by Jean-François Coatmeur
* 1977 – ''La Plus longue course d'Abraham Coles, chauffeur de taxi'' by Christopher Diable
* 1978 – ''Dénouement avant l'aube'' by Madeleine Coudray
* 1979 – ''Le Salon du prêt à saigner'' by

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 ColletteLivreshebdo.fr
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* 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

*1948 – ''The Bellamy Trial'' by Frances Noyes Hart (USA, 1927)
*1949 – ''Puzzle for Pilgrims'' by Patrick Quentin (USA, 1947)

1950s

*1950 – ''After Midnight'' by Martha Albrand (USA, 1948)
*1951 – ''The Red Right Hand'' by Joel Townsley Rogers (USA, 1945)
*1952 – ''Follow as the Night'' by Patricia McGerr (USA, 1951)
*1953 – ''The End is Known'' by Geoffrey Holiday Hall (USA, 1949)
*1953 – ''Horns for the Devil'' by Louis Malley (USA, 1951)
*1954 – ''The Body in Grant's Tomb'' (short story) by Cornell Woolrich (USA, 1943)
*1955 – ''Death in Captivity'' by Michael Gilbert (UK, 1952)
*1956 – ''The Desperate Hours'' by Joseph Hayes (USA, 1954)
*1956 – ''Nothing in Her Way'' by Charles Williams (USA, 1953)
*1957 – '' The Talented Mr. Ripley'' by Patricia Highsmith (USA, 1955)
*1958 – '' The Five Cornered Square'' by Chester Himes (USA, 1956)
*1959 – ''Orders to Kill'' by Donald Downes (USA, 1958)

1960s

*1960 – '' The Evil of the Day'' by Thomas Sterling (UK, 1955)
*1961 – no prize awarded
*1962 – ''The Green Stone'' by Suzanne Blanc (USA, 1961)
*1963 – ''The Ballad of the Running Man'' by Shelley Smith (UK, 1961)
*1964 – ''A Key to the Suite'' by John D. MacDonald (USA, 1963)
*1965 – ''Gun before Butter'' by Nicolas Freeling (UK, 1963)
*1966 – ''The Berlin Memorandum'' by Adam Hall (UK, 1965)
*1967 – ''I Start Counting'' by Audrey Erskine Lindop (UK, 1966)
*1968 – '' Traitors to All'' (''Traditori di tutti'') by Giorgio Scerbanenco (Italy, 1966)
*1969 – ''The Daughter of Time'' by Josephine Tey (UK, 1951)
*1969 – ''Fire, Burn!'' by John Dickson Carr (USA, 1957)

1970s

*1970 – ''The Flaw'' (''To Lathos'') by Antonis Samarakis (Greece, 1965)
*1971 – ''Hit and Run, Run, Run'' (''Hændeligt uheld'') by Anders Bodelsen (Denmark, 1968)
*1971 – ''The Ledger'' by Dorothy Uhnak (USA, 1970)
*1972 – ''The Children Are Watching'' by Laird Koenig & Peter L. Dixon (USA, 1970)
*1973 – ''Millie'' by E. V. Cunningham (USA, 1973)
*1974 – ''Mirror, Mirror on the Wall'' by Stanley Ellin (USA, 1972)
*1975 – ''The Dark Number'' by Edward Boyd & Roger Parkes (UK, 1973)
*1976 – ''Doctor Frigo'' by Eric Ambler (UK, 1974)
*1977 – ''City of the Death'' by Herbert Lieberman (USA, 1976)
*1978 – ''And on the Eighth Day'' by Ellery Queen (USA, 1964)
*1979 – '' The Chain of Chance'' (''Katar'') by Stanisław Lem (Poland, 1975)

1980s

*1980 – ''A Stranger is Watching'' by Mary Higgins Clark (USA, 1977)
*1981 – ''The South Seas (novel), The South Seas'' by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (Spain, 1979)
*1982 – ''Party of the Year'' by John Crosby (media critic), John Crosby (USA, 1982)
*1983 – ''No Comebacks'' by Frederick Forsyth (UK, 1982)
*1984 – ''The Maine Massacre'' by Janwillem Van de Wetering (USA, 1979)
*1985 – ''Swing, Swing Together'' by Peter Lovesey (UK, 1976)
*1986 – ''City Primeval'' by Elmore Leonard (USA, 1980)
*1987 – ''Dance Hall of the Dead'' by Tony Hillerman (USA, 1974)
*1988 – ''A Taste for Death (P. D. James novel), A Taste for Death'' by P. D. James (UK, 1986)
*1988 – ''Strega (novel), Strega'' by Andrew Vachss (USA, 1987)
*1989 – ''Snowbound'' by Bill Pronzini (USA, 1974)

1990s

*1990 – ''A Great Deliverance'' by Elizabeth George (USA, 1988)
*1991 – ''The Silence of the Lambs (novel), The Silence of the Lambs'' by Thomas Harris (USA, 1988)
*1992 – ''Black Cherry Blues'' by James Lee Burke (USA, 1989)
*1993 – ''The Flanders Panel'' by Arturo Pérez-Reverte (Spain, 1990)
*1994 – ''Cabal (Michael Dibdin novel), Cabal'' by Michael Dibdin (UK, 1992)
*1995 – ''Degree of Guilt'' by Richard North Patterson (USA, 1993)
*1996 – ''The Alienist'' by Caleb Carr (USA, 1994)
*1997 – ''Imperfect Strangers'' by Stuart Woods (USA, 1995)
*1998 – ''Shadow Play'' by Frances Fyfield (UK, 1993)
*1999 – ''Blood Work (novel), Blood Work'' by Michael Connelly (USA, 1998)

2000s

*2000 – ''River of Darkness'' by Rennie Airth (South Africa, 1999)
*2001 – ''In a Dry Season'' by Peter Robinson (novelist), Peter Robinson (Canada, 1999)
*2002 – ''One Foot in the Grave'' by Peter Dickinson (UK, 1979)
*2003 – ''Dead before Dying'' by Deon Meyer (South Africa, 1999)
*2004 – ''The Analyst'' by John Katzenbach (USA, 2002)
*2005 – ''Dead Souls (1999 novel), Dead Souls'' by Ian Rankin (UK, 1999)
*2006 – ''The Librarian'' by Larry Beinhart (USA, 2004)
*2007 – ''Voices (Arnaldur Indriðason novel), Voices'' by Arnaldur Indriðason (''Röddin'', Iceland, 2003)
*2008 – ''The Ice Princess (novel), The Ice Princess'' by Camilla Läckberg (''Isprinsessan'', Sweden, 2002)
*2009 – ''Priest'' by Ken Bruen (UK, 2006)

2010s

*2010 – ''Twilight'' by William Gay (author), William Gay (, 2006)
*2011 – ''Limassol'' by Yishai Sarid (, 2009)
*2012 – ''The Devil All The Time'' by Donald Ray Pollock (, 2011)
*2013 – ''The Killer Is Dying'' by James Sallis (, 2011)
*2014 – ''The Cove (novel), The Cove'' by Ron Rash (, 2012)
*2015 – ''Un millón de gotas'' by Víctor del Árbol (, 2014)
*2016 – ''Perro muerto'' by Boris Quercia (, 2015)
*2017 – ''Sanning med modifikation'' by Sara Lövestam (Sweden, 2015)
*2018 – ''No Tomorrow'' by Jake Hinkson (USA, 2015)
*2019 – ''Green Sun'' by Kent Anderson (novelist), Kent Anderson (USA, 2018)
*2020 – ''Bearskin'' by James A. McLaughlin (, 2018)

References

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French fiction awards
Mystery and detective fiction awards
Awards established in 1948
1948 establishments in France
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