MARTIN BECK AWARD

'The Martin Beck Award' is an award given by Svenska Deckarakandemin, the Swedish Academy of crime-writers, one of the most prestigious international crime-writing awards. It is awarded to crime novels in translation. A separate award is given to novels originally written in Swedish.

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Winners

Winners

★ 1971 Julian Symons - ''Den 31 februari''

★ 1972 Frederick Forsyth - ''Schakalen''

★ 1973 Richard Neely - ''Min vän Walter''

★ 1974 Francis Iles - ''Brottslig avsikt''

★ 1975 Cornell Woolrich - ''Hämndens ögonblick''

★ 1976 John Franklin Bardin - ''Dimstråk''

★ 1977 Leslie Thomas - ''Flickan på kyrkogården''

★ 1978 Anthony Price - ''Blindgångarna''

★ 1979 Brian Garfield - ''Med samma mynt''

★ 1980 Ruth Rendell - ''Make Death Love Me''

★ 1981 Sebastien Japrisot - ''Vedergällningen''

★ 1982 Margaret Yorke - ''En känsla av fruktan''

★ 1983 Pierre Magnan - ''Guldsvampen''

★ 1984 Len Deighton - ''Byte i Berlin''

★ 1985 Elmore Leonard - ''LaBrava''

★ 1986 John le Carré - The Perfect Spy

★ 1987 Matti Joensuu - ''Plågoandarna''

★ 1988 Scott Turow - ''Misstänkt''

★ 1989 Anders Bodelsen - ''Mörkläggning''

★ 1990 Ross Thomas - ''Kinesens chans''

★ 1991 Doris Gercke - ''Du skrattade, du ska dö''

★ 1992 Manuel Vázquez Montalbán - ''Döden i Barcelona''

★ 1993 Tim Krabbé - ''De försvunna''

★ 1994 Maarten 't Hart - ''Om så hela världen rasar''

★ 1995 Scott Smith - ''En enkel plan''

★ 1996 David Guterson - ''Snö faller på cederträden''

★ 1997 Barry Unsworth - ''Döden och gycklarna''

★ 1998 Mary Willis Walker - ''Under the Beetle's Cellar''

★ 1999 Iain Pears - ''Den fjärde sanningen''

★ 2000 Thomas H. Cook - ''Places in the Dark''

★ 2001 Peter Robinson - ''En ovanligt torr sommar''

★ 2002 Karin Fossum - ''Black Seconds''

★ 2003 Ben Elton - ''Dead Famous''

★ 2004 Alexander McCall Smith - ''Damernas detektivbyrå''

★ 2005 Arnaldur Indriðason - ''Voices''

★ 2006 Philippe Claudel - ''Grå själar''