CWA International Dagger

The Duncan Lawrie International Dagger is an award given by the Crime Writers' Association for best translated crime novel of the year. The winning author receives an ornamental dagger and £5,000. The translator of the novel is also awarded £1,000. The award was first given in 2006, and was partly concevied in order to acknowledge the contribution of the translator. The first winner was French author Fred Vargas for her novel The Three Evangelists, translated by Siân Reynolds. She won the award the following year also.

Winners

2008

• • Andrea Camilleri, The Patience of the Spider
  • Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  • Dominique Manotti, Lorraine Connection
  • Martin Suter, A Deal with the Devil
  • Fred Vargas, This Night's Foul Work

2007

• Winner: Fred Vargas, Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand
  • Karin Alvtegen, Shame
  • Christian Jungersen, The Exception
  • Yasmina Khadra, The Attack
  • Asa Larsson, Sun Storm
  • Jo Nesbo, The Redbreast

2006

• Winner: Fred Vargas, The Three Evangelists

            Translator - Sîan Reynolds    

• • Andrea Camilleri, Excursion to Tindari

    Stephen Sartarelli

• • Yasmina Khadra, Autumn of the Phantoms

    Aubrey Botsford   

• • Dominique Manotti, Dead Horsemeat

    Amanda Hopkinson- Ros Schwartz   

• • Håkan Nesser, Borkmann's Point

    Laurie Thompson

• • Rafael Reig, Blood on the Saddle

    Paul Hammond