Martin Beck Award
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The Martin Beck Award is an award given by Svenska Deckarakademin, 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.
[edit] Winners
- 1971 Julian Symons - The 31st February
- 1972 Frederick Forsyth - The Day of the Jackal
- 1973 Richard Neely - The Walter Syndrome
- 1974 Francis Iles - Malice Aforethought
- 1975 Cornell Woolrich - Rendezvous in Black
- 1976 John Franklin Bardin - The Last of Philip Banter and Devil Take The Blue-Tail Fly
- 1977 Leslie Thomas - Dangerous Davies
- 1978 Anthony Price - Other Paths to Glory
- 1979 Brian Garfield - Recoil
- 1980 Ruth Rendell - Make Death Love Me
- 1981 Sebastien Japrisot - One Deadly Summer
- 1982 Margaret Yorke - The Scent of Fear
- 1983 Pierre Magnan - Death in the Truffle Wood
- 1984 Len Deighton - Berlin Game
- 1985 Elmore Leonard - LaBrava
- 1986 John le Carré - A Perfect Spy
- 1987 Matti Joensuu - Harjunpää ja kiusantekijät
- 1988 Scott Turow - Presumed Innocent
- 1989 Anders Bodelsen - Mørklægning
- 1990 Ross Thomas - Chinaman's Chance
- 1991 Doris Gercke - Weinschröter, du musst hängen
- 1992 Manuel Vázquez Montalbán - Southern Seas
- 1993 Tim Krabbé - The Golden Egg
- 1994 Maarten 't Hart - Het woeden der gehele wereld
- 1995 Scott Smith - A Simple Plan
- 1996 David Guterson - Snow Falling on Cedars
- 1997 Barry Unsworth - Morality Play
- 1998 Mary Willis Walker - Under the Beetle's Cellar
- 1999 Iain Pears - An Instance of the Fingerpost
- 2000 Thomas H. Cook - The Chatham School Affair
- 2001 Peter Robinson - In a Dry Season
- 2002 Karin Fossum - Black Seconds
- 2003 Ben Elton - Dead Famous
- 2004 Alexander McCall Smith - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
- 2005 Arnaldur Indriðason - Voices
- 2006 Philippe Claudel - Grey Souls
- 2007 Thomas H. Cook - Red Leaves
