Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
The Grand prix de littérature policière (German: " Grand Prix of crime fiction " ) is a French literary award, considered the most prestigious award for works of crime fiction. The award was presented in 1948 by the French crime writer, translator and literary critic Maurice- Bernard Endrèbe ( 1918-2005 ) was launched. Since then, every year will be announced in the fall in the categories of National and International of the best French detective novel and the best foreign mystery novel translated into French.
The winners are chosen by an up to ten -member jury, which also consists of authors. Each of the judges is his favorite new releases throughout the year for discussion, followed by a play list is created, to which manifests the jury. Among the honored authors of recent decades such well-known names such as Didier Daeninckx, Mary Higgins Clark, Elizabeth George, Thomas Harris, Patricia Highsmith, Arnaldur Indriðason, PD James, Léo Malet or Manuel Vazquez Montalban are represented.