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
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
| 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) |