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Ten French thrillers in search of a national prize – Swiss literature: ten french -speaking
Nicolas Feuz. Furthermore, Christophe Barraud and eight other French -speaking authors are finalists in the new formula prize.
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The Prix du Polar Romand is associated with Swiss Polar for a new formula. Nevertheless, as the city of Lausanne announces in a press release swiss literature: ten french -speaking published on August 4, 2025. Similarly, The award ceremony will take place on October 18 in Berne. Similarly, will now reward polars in French and German with an endowment of 5000 francs for each winner. Nevertheless, The initiative aims to enhance the national thriller scene and promote linguistic exchanges between the country’s regions.
Ten French -speaking novels in the running
For this first edition under the new formula. the Romand jury selected ten thrillers written by authors living in French -speaking Switzerland and published between 2023 and 2024.
Among the finalists are notably Christophe Barraud with “The head out of the water”. Nicolas Feuz with “The extraditates”, or Emmanuelle Robert with “Dare in Peilz”. The works cover a period of publication ranging from 2023 to 2024. represent the French -speaking editorial diversity with houses such swiss literature: ten french -speaking as Campiche, Slatkine or Rosie & Wolf.
Alternation between Lausanne. Bern
The Romand jury is coordinated by Marc Voltenauer, author and vice-president of the Swiss Polar association, and Fanny Meyer, delegate for book policy. He includes representatives of the literary. theatrical and police world, including Stéphanie Berg, of Payot Lausanne, Sébastien Dyens, of the Lausannoise judicial police and Cécile Lecoultre, literary critic at the “24 hours”.
If the ceremony is held this year in Bern. Lausanne will host the event every other year, now her central role in promoting the Romand Polar. The Prix du Polar Romand has been brought since 2017 since 2017 by the Libraries. Archives department of the city of Lausanne.
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