2023-09-20 05:46:40
The Swiss Polar Prize was awarded on Tuesday for the second time at the Swiss Polar Festival in Granges (SO) and honors three authors from national languages. Vaudoise Catherine Rolland wins first prize for her thriller “Les nonexistents”.
Catherine Rolland’s psychological thriller, “The Nonexistents” (BSN Press, 2022), follows three characters who work one night in a restaurant while a serial killer is on the loose.
The jury was impressed by the description of how appearances can be deceiving. It also encourages us to think of all those who live in the shadows and whose existence sinks into anonymity.
This prize is accompanied by 5,000 francs, indicated Polar Suisse, the Association for Swiss detective literature.
>> Listen to an interview with Catherine Rolland regarding “Les nonexistents”:
The guest: Catherine Rolland “Les nonexistents” / Vertigo / 28 min. / April 25, 2022
Second prize to Lucernois Peter Weingartner
After having already been nominated for the Swiss Polar Prize 2021 without winning it, Lucerne resident Peter Weingartner won second prize this year for his book “Vollmondhonig” (“Full Moon Honey”) (Editions 8, 2022), accompanied by 3 ‘000 francs.
Using rustic language, Peter Weingartner describes how a ritually buried corpse was discovered near the ruins of Kastelen Castle, near Sursee (LU), on a full moon night. A down-to-earth investigator named Anselm Anderhub will seek to understand the events.
Andrea Fazioli from Ticino wins third prize
The third prize, worth 2,000 francs, goes to Ticino resident Andrea Fazioli for his work “Le strade oscure” (Guanda, 2022). This is a story of corruption and abuse of power among border workers in the south of Switzerland. The jury considered that the novel is convincing in its psychological coherence.
The other nominees were the two Romands Danielle Cudré-Mauroux (“The Ritual of the Flowers”) and Nicolas Feuz (“Tears of the Lagoon”) as well as Petra Ivanov (“Stumme Schreie” – “Muted Screams”) and Andreas Russenberger (” Langstrasse”).
Association for Swiss Detective Literature
The idea of a detective novel festival was born during the pandemic. At the beginning of summer 2020, a group of authors, including Marc Voltenauer, founded Polar Suisse, the Association for Swiss Detective Literature. It currently has more than 90 authors.
The first edition was held in 2021, already in Granges. It is no coincidence that this watchmaking city was chosen. It had in fact already offered to host the Swiss Detective Novel Archives.
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