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Grand Prix De Littérature Policière
The Grand Prix de Littérature Policière (or the Police Literature Grand Prize) 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.Guide des Prix littéraires online ed. ''Le Rayon du Polar''. Synopsis of French prizes rewarding French and international crime literature, with lists of laureates for each Prize. Grand Prix de littérature policière: pp. 18–36. French Prize 1940s * 1948 – ''Le Cinquième procédé'' by |
Literary Award
A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony. Many awards are structured with one organization (usually a non-profit organization) as the presenter and public face of the award, and another organization as the financial sponsor or backer, who pays the prize remuneration and the cost of the ceremony and public relations, typically a corporate sponsor who may sometimes attach their name to the award (such as the Orange Prize). Types of awards There are awards for various writing formats including poetry and novels. Many awards are also dedicated to a certain genre of fiction or non-fiction writing (such as science fiction or politics). There are also awards dedicated to works in individual languages, such as the Miguel de Cervantes Prize (Spanish), the Camões Prize (Portuguese), the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Gerrard
Paul William Gerrard (born 22 January 1973) is an English football goalkeeping coach and retired player. He is currently employed by Football League Two side Carlisle United as a goalkeeping coach, having previously been employed as a player-goalkeeping coach at Oldham Athletic and goalkeeping coach at Doncaster Rovers. Gerrard started his career in the Premier League with Oldham Athletic as a goalkeeper, and his 22-year playing career saw him play for Oldham, Everton, Oxford United, Ipswich Town, Sheffield United, Nottingham Forest, Blackpool and Stockport County, before he finished his playing career in a second spell at Oldham. Towards the end of his playing career, he was employed as a part-time goalkeeping coach by Oldham and Shrewsbury Town, before signing on as a full-time player/coach with Oldham at the start of the 2011–12 season. Gerrard is also a former England Under 21 international, having made 18 appearances between 1993 and 1996, but he never made an appearan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Patrick Manchette
Jean-Patrick Manchette (19 December 1942, Marseille – 3 June 1995, Paris) was a French crime novelist credited with reinventing and reinvigorating the genre. He wrote ten short novels in the seventies and early eighties, and is widely recognized as the foremost French crime fiction author of that period. His stories are violent explorations of the human condition and French society. Manchette was politically to the left and his writing reflects this through his analysis of social positions and culture. Eight of his eleven novels have been translated into English. Two were published by San Francisco publisher ''City Lights Books''—''3 To Kill'' (from the French ''Le petit bleu de la côte ouest'') and ''The Prone Gunman'' (from the French ''La Position du tireur couché''). Five other novels, ''Fatale'', ''The Mad and the Bad'' (from the French ''O dingos, O chateaux!''), ''Ivory Pearl'' (from the French ''La Princesse du Sang''), ''Nada'', and ''No Room at the Morgue'' were rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Andréota
Paul Andréota (11 December 1917 – 14 November 2007) was a French novelist and screenwriter. He was also known under the pen name Paul Vance. Biography Paul Andréota was born in La Rochelle in the Charente-Maritime department (when the department was then known as Charente-Inférieure). When he was 12 years old, his father died, and he and his family moved to Paris. After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree and entering the École Normale Supérieure, he started studying music, particularly piano and composition, at the conservatory; he was a big fan of jazz. The onset of World War II changed Andréota's life dramatically. He spent part of the period of the German occupation of France in Marseille, which became the setting for his first novel after the war, ''Hors Jeu'' (lit. "Offside"), published by Grasset in 1947. He then wrote and published ''Evangeline'' (1948), which he dedicated to his friend, writer Michel Perrin, and ''Attentat à la pudeur'' (lit. "Indecen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Ryck
Francis Ryck, born Yves Delville, March 4, 1920 in Paris and died August 19, 2007 in Paris, was a French author of crime and spy novels. He also used the pen names Yves Dierick and Edo Ryck Works in English translation *''Loaded Gun'' (original title: ''Drôle de pistolet''), (HarperCollins, 1971) *''Woman Hunt'' (original title: ''La Peau de Torpédo''), (HarperCollins, 1972) *''Green Light, Red Catch'' (original title: ''Feu vert pour poissons rouges''), (HarperCollins, 1972) *''Sacrificial Pawn'' (original title: ''L'Incroyant''), (HarperCollins, 1973) *''Undesirable Company'' (original title: ''Le Compagnon indésirable''), (HarperCollins, 1974) *''Account Rendered'' (original title: ''Le Prix des choses''), (HarperCollins HarperCollins Publishers LLC is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, and Macmillan. The company is headquartered in New York City and is a subsidiary of News Cor ..., 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominique Fabre (novelist)
Dominique Fabre (30 June 1929-20 December 2010) was a Swiss screenwriter and novelist. His book ''Un Beau Monstre'' received the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière in 1968. He is not to be confused with the current French author Dominique Fabre. Fabre started his career as a journalist before becoming a screenwriter. He most frequently worked with film director Étienne Périer (director), Étienne Périer. Fabre also wrote three crime novels in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Later in his life, he wrote mostly for television. Bibliography *''Suisse'' (1955) - non-fiction; published in English as ''Switzerland'' (1961, London : Vista Books ; New York : Viking) *''Un Beau Monstre'' (1968) *''La Tête en feu'' (1971) *''Un Meurtre est un Meurtre'' (1972) Filmography *1957 : ''Charming Boys'', directed by Henri Decoin *1959 : ''Bobosse'', directed by Étienne Périer (director), Étienne Périer *1960 : ''Murder at 45 R.P.M., Meurtre en 45 tours'', directed by Étienne Périer (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sébastien Japrisot
Sébastien Japrisot (4 July 1931 – 4 March 2003) was a French author, screenwriter and film director. His pseudonym was an anagram of Jean-Baptiste Rossi, his real name. Renowned for subverting the rules of the crime genre, Japrisot broke down the established formulas "into their component pieces to re-combine them in original and paradoxical ways." Some critics argue that though Japrisot's work may lack the explicit experimental element present in the novels of some of his contemporaries, it shows influences of structuralist theories and the unorthodox techniques of the New Novelists. He remains little known in the English-speaking world, though all his novels have been translated into English and all but one of them have been made into films. Biography Jean-Baptiste Rossi was born on July 4, 1931, in Marseille to an Italian immigrant family. His father abandoned them when the boy was six years old. Supported by his mother, Rossi went to study with the Jesuits at the Eco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trap For Cinderella (novel)
''Trap for Cinderella'' is a psychological mystery novel by Sébastien Japrisot, originally published in French as ''Piège pour Cendrillon'' in 1962. It received the 1963 Grand Prix de Littérature policière. It's notable for the subversion of the rules of the mystery genre: the heroine—who suffers from amnesia and tries to reconstruct her past—simultaneously takes on the roles of victim, witness, detective and murderer. Plot A young woman wakes up in a hospital, badly burned and suffering from amnesia. She receives a new face through plastic surgery but still doesn't remember who she is. Doctor Doulin who treats her, tells her that her name is Michele Isola, also called Mickey or Mi, and she is twenty years old. She was caught in a fire accident in a seaside villa with her friend Domenica Loi, also known as Do. The latter died in the fire. When Mickey is discharged from the hospital, she comes to stay with her family friend and childhood governess Jeanne Murneau. Mickey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |