Grand Prix de Littérature Policière

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The Grand Prix de Littérature Policière 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.

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 – Les Mantes religieuses by Hubert Monteilhet (fr)

1962 – Le Procès du Diable by Pierre Forquin (fr)

1963 – Piège pour Cendrillon 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 René Réouven (fr)

1972 – Le Canal rouge by Gilbert Tanugi (fr)

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 Yvon Toussaint (fr)

1976 – Les Sirènes de minuit by Jean-François Coatmeur (fr)

1977 – La Plus longue course d'Abraham Coles, chauffeur de taxi by Christopher Diable (fr)

1978 – Dénouement avant l'aube by Madeleine Coudray

1979 – Le Salon du prêt à saigner by Joseph Bialot (fr)

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 (fr)

2014 – Pur by Antoine Chainas (fr)

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, 1955)

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 – Southern Seas (Los mares del Sur) by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (Spain, 1979)

1982 – Party of the Year by 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 by P. D. James (UK, 1986)

1988 – Strega by Andrew Vachss (USA, 1987)

1989 – Snowbound by Bill Pronzini (USA, 1974)

1990s

1990 – A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George

1991 – The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

1992 – Black Cherry Blues by James Lee Burke

1993 – The Flanders Panel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

1994 – Cabal by Michael Dibdin

1995 – Degree of Guilt by Richard North Patterson

1996 – The Alienist by Caleb Carr

1997 – Imperfect Strangers by Stuart Woods

1998 – Shadow Play by Frances Fyfield

1999 – Blood Work by Michael Connelly

2000s

2000 – River of Darkness by Rennie Airth (South Africa, 1999)

2001 – In a Dry Season by 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 by Ian Rankin (UK, 1999)

2006 – The Librarian by Larry Beinhart (USA, 2004)

2007 – Voices by Arnaldur Indriðason (Röddin, Iceland, 2003)

2008 – The Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg (Isprinsessan, Sweden, 2002)

2009 – Priest by Ken Bruen (UK, 2006)

2010s

2010 – Twilight by William Gay (USA, 2006)

2011 – Limassol by Yishai Sarid (Israel, 2009)

2012 – The Devil All The Time by Donald Ray Pollock (USA, 2011)

2013 – The Killer Is Dying by James Sallis (USA, 2011)

2014 – The Cove by Ron Rash (USA, 2012)

References

Grand Prix de Littérature Policière Wikipedia

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