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Eugenia Almeida //

Our author Eugenia Almeida has been nominated for the Prix Violeta Negra Occitanie 2025 for her novel “Scrapyard”, published in French by Éditions Métailié.

The jury of the Prix Violeta Negra Occitanie consists of booksellers, librarians, journalists, and members of Toulouse Polars du Sud. This year it will be chaired by Gilles Souillés, journalist for La Dépêche du Midi, the regional newspaper of Toulouse. The winning novel will be announced during the 17th edition of the Toulouse Polars du Sud Festival, on Saturday 11th October 2025.

The winners of previous editions have been Claudio Fava (2024), Miguel Szymanski (2023), Carlo Lucarelli (2022), Alessandro Robecchi (2021) and Rosa Montero (2020).