{"id":5144,"date":"2024-04-07T11:05:54","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T09:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quaiq-polar.preprod-14h28.com\/general-meetings-at-the-town-hall-2\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T15:29:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T13:29:59","slug":"general-meetings-at-the-town-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quaisdupolar.com\/en\/general-meetings-at-the-town-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"The Quais du Polar Literary Awards 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5144\" class=\"elementor elementor-5144 elementor-621\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-40f40c6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"40f40c6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e4ae080\" data-id=\"e4ae080\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c764924 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c764924\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the <\/span><b>20th<\/b><b><b> edition of the Quais du Polar Festival<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>10 literary prizes<\/b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  were awarded to guest authors. Find all the winners of this very fine selection, bringing together the   <\/span><b>Best crime novels of 2024<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> !<\/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\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a0ddda elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1a0ddda\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab4a6ab\" data-id=\"ab4a6ab\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-865d006 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"865d006\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">READERS' PRIZE QUAIS DU POLAR \/ LE FIGARO<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d015687 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d015687\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><i>No One Dies in Longyearbyen<\/i><\/b><b> by <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quaisdupolar.com\/auteurs\/morgan-audic\/?filtre=\/edition\/2024\"><b>Morgan Audic<\/b><\/a><b> (\u00c9ditions Albin Michel)<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 10 readers who are members of the jury of the Quais du Polar readers&#8217; prize, in partnership with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Le Figaro<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, have chosen the best French-language crime novel of the year, from a selection made by the festival&#8217;s partner booksellers.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MENTION THRILLER BEHIND THE WALLS<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><b><i>Free Queens<\/i><\/b><b> by Marin Ledun (\u00c9ditions Gallimard).<\/b><b><i><\/i><\/b><\/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\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bca63fc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bca63fc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-68e38fc\" data-id=\"68e38fc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab907e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ab907e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PRIX BD QUAIS DU POLAR \/ LIBRAIRIE EXP\u00c9RIENCE \/ FRANCE 3 AUVERGNE-RH\u00d4NE-ALPES<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb2a998 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb2a998\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><i>The Lagoon Treader<\/i><\/b><b> by <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quaisdupolar.com\/auteurs\/christophe-dabitch\/\"><b>Christophe Dabitch<\/b><\/a><b> and <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quaisdupolar.com\/auteurs\/piero-macola\/\"><b>Piero Macola<\/b><\/a><b> (Futuropolis)<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amateur readers of comic books were able to vote online to designate the winners of the prize from the selection established by the bookstore Exp\u00e9rience, a historical partner of the festival.<\/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\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a2852b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a2852b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e922fe\" data-id=\"7e922fe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b0ade9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1b0ade9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">QUAIS DU POLAR YOUTH PRIZE \/ CITY OF LYON<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ae5725 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ae5725\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><i>The Ars\u00e8nes, The Key to the Three Jewels <\/i><\/b><b>by <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quaisdupolar.com\/auteurs\/bertrand-puard\/\"><b>Bertrand Puard<\/b><\/a><b> (\u00c9ditions Poulpe Fictions)<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The winner was chosen by a jury of 8 classes of CM1\/CM2, accompanied by the AFEV Book Ambassadors.<\/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\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f44ed6e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f44ed6e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ed6e51a\" data-id=\"ed6e51a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-257b847 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"257b847\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">POLAR PRIZE OF THE LIBRARIANS OF THE CITY AND METROPOLIS OF LYON<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b002faf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b002faf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><i>The Wrath <\/i><\/b><b>of S.A. Cosby, translated by Pierre Szczeciner (Sonatine Editions)<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quais du Polar has joined forces with the Municipal Libraries of the City and Metropolis of Lyon to organize a new edition of this prize. Invested in the festival thanks to meetings, events and enhancement of the collections, the librarians made a selection of crime novels among their favorites of the year, and rewarded their favorite title published between September 1, 2022 and August 31, 2023.   <\/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\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-727b495 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"727b495\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-864c9d3\" data-id=\"864c9d3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac49aeb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ac49aeb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">POLAR AND JUSTICE PRIZE QUAIS DU POLAR \/ LYON JUDICIAL COURT \/ LIB\u00c9RATION<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b698b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9b698b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><i>Daniel&#8217;s Book<\/i><\/b><b> by Chris De Stoop, translated by Anne-Laure Vignaux (Globe Editions)<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Created with the Judicial Court of Lyon and in partnership with Lib\u00e9ration, the Polar and Justice Prize is awarded to a literary work of non-fiction &#8211; investigation, true-crime, testimony &#8211; with a link to justice and news items. The jury is made up of magistrates from the Lyon judicial court and legal professionals, as well as a journalist from Lib\u00e9ration, a representative of Quais du Polar and a guest of honour.   <\/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\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-81be074 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"81be074\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-29258a2\" data-id=\"29258a2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e88f2c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e88f2c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">THRILLER SERIES \/ SCELF PRIZE<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76142f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76142f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><i>SkilledFast <\/i><\/b><b>(volumes 1, 2, 3) by Hachin (New Hydra)<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the tenth consecutive year, the prize rewards a French-language crime novel, thriller or thriller for its own qualities and its potential to be adapted into an audiovisual series. It was created with the support of the   <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SCELF \u2013 Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile des \u00e9diteurs de langue fran\u00e7aise<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as part of the professional program Polar Connection, to promote links between literature and audiovisual. <\/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\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0a3fb5c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0a3fb5c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-650bc3e\" data-id=\"650bc3e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77cd023 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"77cd023\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">THRILLER SERIES \/ SCELF PRIZE<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1189060 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1189060\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><i>SkilledFast <\/i><\/b><b>(volumes 1, 2, 3) by Hachin (New Hydra)<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the tenth consecutive year, the prize rewards a French-language crime novel, thriller or thriller for its own qualities and its potential to be adapted into an audiovisual series. It was created with the support of the   <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SCELF \u2013 Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile des \u00e9diteurs de langue fran\u00e7aise<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as part of the professional program Polar Connection, to promote links between literature and audiovisual. <\/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\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2398d91 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2398d91\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a819a9\" data-id=\"1a819a9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1d231b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e1d231b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">THE EUROPEAN CRIME FICTION AWARD<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7553271 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7553271\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><i>The Bramard Affair<\/i><\/b><b> by Davide Longo, translated by Marianne Faurobert (\u00c9ditions du Masque)<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since its creation in 2003,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the prize has distinguished each year a crime novel by a French or European author.<\/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\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-947085f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"947085f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a02b5e\" data-id=\"7a02b5e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-296e3d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"296e3d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CLAUDE MESPL\u00c8DE PRIZE<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68f9467 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68f9467\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><i>The Black Novel, a French History<\/i><\/b><b> by Natacha Levet (Presses Universitaires de France)<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In tribute to Claude Mespl\u00e8de (publisher, critic, historian, crime fiction enthusiast and fellow traveller of the festival), this prize rewards each year a work that contributes to a better knowledge of the crime genre, in the form of essays, historical works, correspondence, documents, investigations, translations, etc.<\/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\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dc08013 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dc08013\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f32ca60\" data-id=\"f32ca60\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bb5b82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3bb5b82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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