Martin Beck Award

Given by Swedish Crime Writers' Academy

Other Names: The Martin Beck Award (Swedish)
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The Martin Beck Award is an award given by the Swedish Crime Writers' Academy (Svenska Deckarakademin) for the best crime novel in translation. It is one of the most prestigious international show more crime-writing awards. The Award is named after Martin Beck, a fictional Swedish police detective who is the main character in a series of ten novels by Sjöwall and Wahlöö show less
Stages:
All, Winner (48), Nominee (19)
Years:
All, 2016 (1), 2015 (1), 2014 (1), 2013 (1), 2012 (1), 2011 (1), 2010 (1), 2009 (1), 2008 (5), 2007 (5), 2006 (5), 2005 (4), 2004 (1), 2003 (1), 2002 (1), 2001 (1), 2000 (1), 1999 (1), 1998 (1), 1997 (1), 1996 (1), 1995 (1), 1994 (1), 1993 (1), 1992 (1), 1991 (1), 1990 (1), 1989 (1), 1988 (1), 1987 (1), 1986 (1), 1985 (1), 1984 (1), 1983 (1), 1982 (1), 1981 (1), 1980 (1), 1979 (1), 1978 (1), 1977 (1), 1976 (2), 1975 (1), 1974 (1), 1973 (1), 1972 (1), 1971 (1)

Winner 48

WorkYear
The Axeman's Jazz by Ray Celestin2016
Galveston by Nic Pizzolatto2015
The Hunting Dogs by Jorn Lier Horst2014
The Missing File by D.A. Mishani2013
Before the Poison by Peter Robinson2012
The End of the Wasp Season by Denise Mina2011
Devil's Peak by Deon Meyer2010
Bleeding Heart Square by Andrew Taylor2009
The Murder Farm by Andrea Maria Schenkel2008
Red Leaves by Thomas H. Cook2007
Arctic Chill by Arnaldur Indriðason2007
By a Slow River by Philippe Claudel2006
Voices by Arnaldur Indridason2005
The No. 1 Ladiesʼ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith2004
Dead Famous by Ben Elton2003
Black Seconds by Karin Fossum2002
In a Dry Season by Peter Robinson2001
The Chatham School Affair by Thomas H. Cook2000
An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears1999
Under the Beetle's Cellar by Mary Willis Walker1998
Morality Play by Barry Unsworth1997
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson1996
A Simple Plan by Scott Smith1995
The raging of the whole world by Maarten 't Hart1994
The Vanishing by Tim Krabbé1993
Southern Seas by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán1992
How Many Miles to Babylon by Doris Gercke1991
Chinaman's Chance by Ross Thomas1990
Mørklægning by Anders Bodelsen1989
Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow1988
Harjunpää ja kiusantekijät : romaani rikoksesta ja maailmoista by Matti Yrjänä Joensuu1987
A Perfect Spy by John le Carré1986
LaBrava by Elmore Leonard1985
Berlin Game by Len Deighton1984
Death in the Truffle Wood by Pierre Magnan1983
The Scent of Fear by Margaret Yorke1982
One Deadly Summer by Sébastien Japrisot1981
Make Death Love Me by Ruth Rendell1980
Recoil by Brian Garfield1979
Other Paths to Glory by Anthony Price1978
Dangerous Davies, the Last Detective by Leslie Thomas1977
Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly by John Franklin Bardin1976
The Last of Philip Banter by John Franklin Bardin1976
Rendezvous in Black by Cornell Woolrich1975
Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles1974
Shattered by Richard Neely1973
The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth1972
The 31st of February by Julian Symons1971

Nominee 19

WorkYear
The Murder Farm by Andrea Maria Schenkel2008
A Most Wanted Man by John le Carré2008
The Ghost by Robert Harris2008
Dead at Daybreak by Deon Meyer2008
The Broken Shore by Peter Temple2008
Red Leaves by Thomas H. Cook2007
Arctic Chill by Arnaldur Indriðason2007
Raven Black by Ann Cleeves2007
Den ukendte hustru : roman by Leif Davidsen2007
What Came Before He Shot Her by Elizabeth George2007
By a Slow River by Philippe Claudel2006
The Draining Lake by Arnaldur Indridason2006
The Exception by Christian Jungersen2006
Field of Blood by Denise Mina2006
The Egyptologist by Arthur Phillips2006
Voices by Arnaldur Indridason2005
A Question of Blood by Ian Rankin2005
Strange Affair by Peter Robinson2005
Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith2005

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