Prix du Quai des Orfèvres
The Prix du Quai des Orfèvres is an annual French literature award created in 1946 by Jacques Catineau. It goes to an unpublished manuscript for a French-language police novel. The selected novel is then published by a major French publishing house, since 1965 Fayard. The jury is led by the chief of the Prefecture of Police of Paris. The name of the award refers to the headquarters of the Paris police, located at 36, quai des Orfèvres. Laureates The following writers have received the award: 1946: Jacques Levert, for Le Singe rouge 1947: Jean Le Hallier, for Un certain monsieur... 1948: Yves Fougères, for Nuit et brouillard 1949: Francis Didelot, for L'Assassin au clair de lune 1951: Maurice Debroka, for Opération Magali 1952: Saint Gilles, for Ne tirez pas sur l'inspecteur 1953: Cécil Saint-Laurent, for Sophie et le crime 1954: Alain Serdac & Jean Maurinay, for Sans effusion de sang 1956: Noël Calef, for Échec au porteur 1957: Louis C. Thomas, for Poison d'Avril 1958: André Gillois, for 125, rue Montmartre 1959: Jean Marcillac, for On ne tue pas pour s'amuser 1960: Rémy, for Le Monocle noir 1961: Robert Thomas, for Huit femmes 1962: Micheline Sandrel, for Dix millions de