{"id":6708,"date":"2024-09-24T16:22:53","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T14:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quaisdupolar.preprod-14h28.com\/the-festival\/literary-prizes\/le-point-prize-for-european-crime-fiction\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T11:57:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T10:57:20","slug":"the-point-prize-for-european-crime-fiction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/quaisdupolar.com\/en\/the-festival\/literary-prizes\/the-point-prize-for-european-crime-fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"The Point Prize for European Crime Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Titles in the running for the 2026 edition<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Point European Thriller Prize recognizes each year a thriller by a French or European author.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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  • Celles qui ne dorment pas<\/em><\/strong>, by Dolores Redondo, translated by Isabelle Gugnon (Gallimard)<\/li>
  • Le Livre des prodiges<\/em><\/strong>, by Olivier Ciechelski (Le Rouergue)<\/li>
  • Le B\u00e2timent<\/em><\/strong>, by Mehdi Bayad (JC Latt\u00e8s)<\/li>
  • On ne mange pas les cannibales<\/em><\/strong>, by St\u00e9phanie Artarit (Belfond)<\/li>
  • La Station<\/em><\/strong>, by Jakub Szama\u0142ek, traduit par Kamil Barbarksi (M\u00e9taill\u00e9)<\/li>
  • Mill\u00e9nium 8 – La Fille dans les griffes du lynx<\/strong>, by<\/em> Karin Smirnoff, translated by Hege Roel Rouson (Actes Sud)<\/li>
  • Erreur de jugement<\/em><\/strong>, by Ariana Harwicz, translated by Alexandra Carrasco (Dalva)<\/li>
  • Chiens fous<\/em><\/strong>, by Max Monnehay (Harper Collins)<\/li>
  • Le Sang des collines<\/em><\/strong>, by Scott Preston, traduit par Paul Matthieu (Albin Michel)<\/li>
  • Munichs<\/em><\/strong>, by David Peace, translated by Isabelle Maillet (Payot Rivages)<\/li>
  • L’Alliance<\/em><\/strong>, by Aslak Nore, translated by C\u00e9line Romand-Monnier (Le Bruit du Monde)<\/li>
  • Groenland, le pays qui n’\u00e9tait pas \u00e0 vendre<\/em><\/strong>, by Mal\u00f8 Mo (La Martini\u00e8re)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>
  • La Colline<\/em><\/strong>, by Mathilde Beaussault (Seuil)<\/li>
  • Ici, tout le monde ment…<\/em>,<\/strong> by Johana Gustawsson et Thomas Enger (Calmann L\u00e9vy)<\/li>
  • Les Voies souterraines<\/em><\/strong>, by Sylvain Kermici (Plon)<\/li>
  • Le Champs des m\u00e9duses<\/em><\/strong>, by Oto Oltvanji, traduit par Slavica Pantic Lew (Agullo)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    Since its creation in 2003, it has crowned in turn <\/span>Laura Grimaldi<\/b> for <\/span>La Faute <\/span><\/i>(2003), <\/span>Bill James<\/b> for <\/span>Protection <\/span><\/i>(2004), <\/span>Laura Wilson<\/b> for <\/span>L\u2019Amant anglais <\/span><\/i>(2005), <\/span>Giancarlo de Cataldo<\/b> for <\/span>Romanzo Criminale <\/span><\/i>(2006), <\/span>John Harvey<\/b> for <\/span>De Cendre et d\u2019os<\/span><\/i> (2007), <\/span>Arnaldur Indridason<\/b> for <\/span>L\u2019Homme du lac <\/span><\/i>(2008), <\/span>Philip Kerr<\/b> for <\/span>La mort entre autres <\/span><\/i>(2009), <\/span>Pierre Lemaitre<\/b> for <\/span>Cadres noirs<\/span><\/i> (2010), <\/span>Hugues Declan<\/b> for <\/span>Coup de Sang<\/span><\/i> (2011), <\/span>Victor Del \u00c1rbol<\/b> for <\/span>La Tristesse du Samoura\u00ef <\/span><\/i>(2012), <\/span>Petros Markaris <\/b>for <\/span>Liquidations \u00e0 la grecque <\/span><\/i>(2013), <\/span>Herv\u00e9 Le Corre<\/b> for <\/span>Apr\u00e8s la guerre<\/span><\/i> (2014), <\/span>Sascha Arango<\/b> for<\/span> La v\u00e9rit\u00e9 et autres mensonges <\/span><\/i>(2015)<\/span>, <\/span><\/i>Olivier Norek<\/b> for<\/span> Surtensions <\/span><\/i>(2016), <\/span>Hannelore Cayre<\/b> for <\/span>La Daronne <\/span><\/i>(2017)<\/span>,<\/span><\/i> Malin Persson Giolito<\/b> for <\/span>Rien de plus grand<\/span><\/i> (2018), <\/span>Tim Willocks<\/b> for <\/span>La Mort selon Turner<\/span><\/i> (2019), <\/span>Abir Mukherjee<\/b> for <\/span>L\u2019attaque du Calcutta-Darjeeling<\/span><\/i> (2020), <\/span>Jurica Pavicic<\/b> for <\/span>L\u2019eau rouge<\/span><\/i> (2021), <\/span>Victor Guilbert<\/b> pour Terra Nullius (2022), <\/span>Jacky Schwartzmann<\/b> for <\/span>Shit!<\/span><\/i> (2023),<\/span> <\/span>Davide Longo<\/b> for<\/span> L\u2019Affaire Bramard <\/span> <\/i>(2024) and Vera Buck<\/strong> for Les Enfants loups<\/em> (2025).<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t

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    Titles in the running for the 2026 edition The Point European Thriller Prize recognizes each year a thriller by a French or European author. Celles qui ne dorment pas, by Dolores Redondo, translated by Isabelle Gugnon (Gallimard) Le Livre des prodiges, by Olivier Ciechelski (Le Rouergue) Le B\u00e2timent, by Mehdi Bayad (JC Latt\u00e8s) On ne […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":5122,"menu_order":35,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6708","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Point Prize for European Crime Fiction - Quais du polar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/quaisdupolar.com\/en\/the-festival\/literary-prizes\/the-point-prize-for-european-crime-fiction\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Point Prize for European Crime Fiction - Quais du polar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Titles in the running for the 2026 edition The Point European Thriller Prize recognizes each year a thriller by a French or European author. 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