Last Saturday night the Swedish Crime Academy (Svenska Deckarakademin) announced the winners of its annual Swedish Crime Novel Awards …
• Bästa svenska (Best Swedish): Viskleken (Chinese Whispers) by Arne Dahl
• Bästa översatta (Best Translated): The End of the Wasp Season (Getingsommar) by Denise Mina
Reginald Hill was named Grand Master for "his ever more daring, plotting and literate wit [that] has renewed the genre and widened its borders."
In addition, two special awards were given to Lars Wendelius "for his pioneering work in the detective genre in Swedish literature" and to Michael Tapper for his non-fiction book Snuten i skymningslandet, Swedish police stories in film and literature 1965-2010.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Winners of the 2011 Swedish Crime Novel Awards Announced
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