Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
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.
French Prize
1940s
- 1948 - Le Cinquième procédé by Léo Malet
- 1949 - La Parole est au mort by Odette Sorensen
1950s
- 1950 - Jeux pour mourir by Géo-Charles Véran
- 1951 - Fumées sans feu by Jacques Decrest et Germaine Decrest
- 1952 - Passons la monnaie by André Piljean
- 1953 - Opération Odyssée by Jean-Pierre Conty
- 1954 - La Beauté qui meurt by François Brigneau
- 1955 - Assassin mon frère by Gilles-Maurice Dumoulin
- 1956 - Pleins feux sur Sylvie by Michel Lebrun and Les Petites mains de la Justice by Guy Venayre
- 1957 - Le Bourreau pleure by Frédéric Dard
- 1958 - On n'enterre pas le dimanche by Fred Kassak
- 1959 - Deuil en rouge by Paul Gerrard
1960s
- 1960 - Les Mantes religieuses by Hubert Monteilhet
- 1962 - Le Procès du Diable by Pierre Forquin
- 1963 - Piège pour Cendrillon by Sébastien Japrisot
- 1964 - La Jeune morte by Michel Carnal
- 1965 - Bâteau en Espagne by Marc Delory
- 1966 - L'interne de service by Laurence Oriol
- 1967 - Le Crocodile est dans l'escalier by Jean-Pierre Alem
- 1968 - Un beau monstre by Dominique Fabre
- 1969 - Drôle by pistolet by Francis Ryck
1970s
- 1970 - Zigzags by Paul Andréota
- 1971 - L'Assassin maladroit by René Réouven
- 1972 - Le Canal rouge by Gilbert Tanugi
- 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
- 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 Joseph Bialot
1980s
- 1980 - Le Crime d'Antoine by Dominique Roulet
- 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
- 1983 - Collabo song by Jean Mazarin
- 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
- 1986 - N'oubliez pas l'artiste by Gérard Delteil
- 1987 - Trois morts au soleil by Jacques Sadoul
- 1988 - Aix abrupto by Jean-Paul Demure
- 1989 - Un gros besoin d'amour by Tito Topin
1990s
- 1990 - Billard à l'étage by Michel Quint
- 1991 - Hôpital souterrain by Hervé Jaouen
- 1992 - La Commedia des ratés by Tonino Benacquista
- 1993 - Boulevard des ombres by Paul Couturiau
- 1994 - Tiré à part by Jean-Jacques Fiechter
- 1995 - La Main morte by Philippe Huet
- 1996 - Ambernave by Jean-Hugues Oppel
- 1997 - La Mort des bois by Brigitte Aubert
- 1998 - Sans homicide fixe by Serge Gardebled
- 1999 - La Paresse de Dieu by Laurent Bénégui
2000s
- 2000 - Du bruit sous le silence by Pascal Dessaint
- 2001 - Chasseurs de têtes by Michel Crespy
- 2002 - Les Brouillards de la Butte by Patrick Pécherot
- 2003 - L'Ivresse des dieux by Laurent Martin
- 2004 - Double peine by Virginie Brac
- 2004 - Les Silences de Dieu by Gilbert Sinoue
- 2005 - Le Testament de Dieu by Philippe Le Roy
- 2006 - La Colère des enfants déchus by Catherine Fradier
- 2007 - Citoyens clandestins by DOA
- 2008 - Zulu by Caryl Férey
- 2009 - Les Cœurs déchiquetés by Hervé Le Corre
2010s
- 2010 - Adieu Jérusalem by Alexandra Schwartzbrod
- 2011 - L’Honorable Société by DOA and Dominique Manotti
International Prize
1940s
1950s
- 1950 - Martha Albrand, After Midnight, (USA, 1948)
- 1951 - Joel Townsley Rogers, The Red Right Hand, (USA, 1945)
- 1952 - Patricia McGerr, Follow as the Night, (USA, 1951)
- 1953 - Geoffrey Holiday Hall, The End is Known, (USA, 1949)
- 1953 - Louis Malley, Horns for the Devil, (USA, 1951)
- 1954 - Cornell Woolrich, The Body in Grant's Tomb, (USA, 1943), (short story)
- 1955 - Michael Gilbert, Death in Captivity, (UK, 1952)
- 1956 - Joseph Hayes, The Desperate Hours, (USA, 1955)
- 1956 - Charles Williams, Nothing in Her Way, (USA, 1953)
- 1957 - Patricia Highsmith, The Talented Mr. Ripley, (USA, 1955)
- 1958 - Chester Himes, The Five-Cornered Square, (USA, 1956)
- 1959 - Donald Downes, Orders to Kill, (USA, 1958)
1960s
- 1960 - Thomas Sterling, The Evil of the Day, (UK, 1955)
- 1961 - no prize awarded
- 1962 - Suzanne Blanc, The Green Stone, (USA, 1961)
- 1963 - Shelley Smith, The Ballad of the Running Man, (UK, 1961)
- 1964 - John D. MacDonald, A Key to the Suite, (USA, 1963)
- 1965 - Nicolas Freeling, Gun before Butter, (UK, 1963)
- 1966 - Adam Hall, The Berlin Memorandum, (UK, 1965)
- 1967 - Audrey Erskine Lindop, I Start Counting, (UK, 1966)
- 1968 - Giorgio Scerbanenco, Betrayers of All, (Traditori di tutti, Italy, 1966)
- 1969 - Josephine Tey, The Daughter of Time, (UK, 1951)
- 1969 - John Dickson Carr, Fire, Burn! (USA, 1957)
1970s
- 1970 - Antonis Samarakis, The Flaw, (To Lathos, Greece, 1965)
- 1971 - Anders Bodelsen, Hit and Run, Run, Run, (Hændeligt uheld, Denmark, 1968)
- 1971 - Dorothy Uhnak, The Ledger, (USA, 1970)
- 1972 - Laird Koenig & Peter L. Dixon, The Children Are Watching, (USA, 1970)
- 1973 - E. V. Cunningham, Millie, (USA, 1973)
- 1974 - Stanley Ellin, Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, (USA, 1972)
- 1975 - Edward Boyd & Roger Parkes, The Dark Number, (UK, 1973)
- 1976 - Eric Ambler, Doctor Frigo, (UK, 1974)
- 1977 - Herbert Lieberman, City of the Death, (USA, 1976)
- 1978 - Ellery Queen, And on the Eighth Day, (USA, 1964)
- 1979 - Stanisław Lem, The Chain of Chance (Katar, Poland, 1975)
1980s
- 1980 - Mary Higgins Clark, A Stranger is Watching
- 1981 - Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Southern Seas (Los mares del Sur, Spain, 1979)
- 1982 - John Crosby, Party of the Year
- 1983 - Frederick Forsyth, No Comebacks
- 1984 - Janwillem van de Wetering, The Maine Massacre (USA, 1979)
- 1985 - Peter Lovesey, Swing, Swing Together
- 1986 - Elmore Leonard, City Primeval
- 1987 - Tony Hillerman, Dance Hall of the Dead
- 1988 - P. D. James, A Taste for Death
- 1988 - Andrew Vachss, Strega
- 1989 - Bill Pronzini, Snowbound
1990s
- 1990 - Elizabeth George, A Great Deliverance
- 1991 - Thomas Harris, The Silence of the Lambs
- 1992 - James Lee Burke, Black Cherry Blues
- 1993 - Arturo Pérez-Reverte, The Flanders Panel
- 1994 - Michael Dibdin, Cabal
- 1995 - Richard North Patterson, Degree of Guilt
- 1996 - Caleb Carr, The Alienist
- 1997 - Stuart Woods, Imperfect Strangers
- 1998 - Frances Fyfield, Shadow Play
- 1999 - Michael Connelly, Blood Work
2000s
- 2000 - Rennie Airth, River of Darkness, (South Africa, 1999)
- 2001 - Peter Robinson, In a Dry Season, (Canada, 1999)
- 2002 - Peter Dickinson, One Foot in the Grave, (UK, 1979)
- 2003 - Deon Meyer, Dead before Dying, (South Africa, 1999)
- 2004 - John Katzenbach, The Analyst, (USA, 2002)
- 2005 - Ian Rankin, Dead Souls, (UK, 1999)
- 2006 - Larry Beinhart, The Librarian, (USA, 2004)
- 2007 - Arnaldur Indriðason, Voices, (Röddin, Iceland, 2003)
- 2008 - Camilla Läckberg, The Ice Princess, (Isprinsessan, Sweden, 2002)
- 2009 - Ken Bruen, Priest, (UK, 2006)
2010s
- 2010 - William Gay, Twilight (USA, 2006)
- 2011 - Yishai Sarid, Limassol