Prix du Polar Européen


The Prix du Polar Européen 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

The President of the first jury was Charles Diaz, the former Inspector-General of the IGPN. The President of the tenth jury, in 2012, was the French politician Jean-Louis Debré.

Winners

YearAuthorTranslatorAuthor's nationalityTitle
2003Laura GrimaldiGeneviève LeibrichLa Colpa
2004Bill JamesDanièle & Pierre BondilProtection
2005Laura WilsonMarie-Lise MarlièreThe Lover
2006Giancarlo De CataldoCatherine Siné & Serge QuadruppaniRomanzo Criminale
2007John HarveyJean-Paul GratiasAsh and Bone
2008Arnaldur IndriðasonÉric BouryKleifarvatn
2009Philip KerrJohan-Frédérik Hel-GuedjThe One From the Other
2010David Moitetas listed by Editions PocketSuicide Cellulaire
2011Declan HughesAurélie TronchetThe Wrong Kind of Blood
2012Víctor del ÁrbolClaude BletonThe Sadness of the Samurai
2013Petros MarkarisMichel VolkovitchLiquidations à la grecque
2014Hervé Le Correas listed by Editions RivagesAprès la guerre
2015Sascha ArangoDominique AutrandDie Wahrheit und andere Lügen
2016Olivier NorekSurtensions
2017Hannelore CayreLa Daronne
2018Malin Persson GiolitoQuicksand