CWA International Dagger
The CWA International Dagger (formerly known as 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 and translator receives an ornamental Dagger at an award ceremony held annually.
Until 2005, translated crime novels were eligible to be nominated for the CWA Gold Dagger. From 2006, translated crime fiction was honored with its own award conceived partly to recognize the contribution of the translator in international works.[1] Until 2008 the International Dagger was named for its sponsor, the Duncan Lawrie Private Bank. In three of the first four years it was awarded, it was won by Fred Vargas and her translator Siân Reynolds. In 2013, the Dagger was shared for the first time between two novels Alex by Pierre Lemaitre and The Ghost Riders of Ordebec by Fred Vargas.
In 2014 the CWA awarded it to The Siege by Arturo Perez-Reverte translated by Frank Wynne.[2]
Winners
Winners (in bold) and shortlisted titles.
- 2006
Author | Title | Translator | Orig. Pub. Year | Country |
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Fred Vargas | The Three Evangelists | Sîan Reynolds | 1995 | ![]() |
Andrea Camilleri | Excursion to Tindari | Stephen Sartarelli | 2000 | ![]() |
Yasmina Khadra | Autumn of the Phantoms | Aubrey Botsford | 1998 | ![]() |
Dominique Manotti | Dead Horsemeat | Amanda Hopkinson and Ros Schwartz | 1997 | ![]() |
Håkan Nesser | Borkmann's Point | Laurie Thompson | 1994 | ![]() |
Rafael Reig | Blood on the Saddle | Paul Hammond | 2002 | ![]() |
- 2007
Author | Title | Translator | Orig. Pub. Year | Country |
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Fred Vargas | Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand | Sîan Reynolds | 2004 | ![]() |
Karin Alvtegen | Shame | Steven T. Murray | 2005 | ![]() |
Christian Jungersen | The Exception | Anna Paterson | 2004 | ![]() |
Yasmina Khadra | The Attack | John Cullen | 2005 | ![]() |
Åsa Larsson | The Savage Altar | Marlaine Delargy | 2003 | ![]() |
Jo Nesbø | The Redbreast | Don Bartlett | 2000 | ![]() |
- 2008
Author | Title | Translator | Orig. Pub. Year | Country |
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Dominique Manotti | Lorraine Connection | Amanda Hopkinson and Ros Schwartz | 2006 | ![]() |
Andrea Camilleri | The Patience of the Spider | Stephen Sartarelli | 2004 | ![]() |
Stieg Larsson | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Reg Keeland | 2005 | ![]() |
Martin Suter | A Deal with the Devil | Peter Millar | 2006 | ![]() |
Fred Vargas | This Night's Foul Work | Sîan Reynolds | 2006 | ![]() |
- 2009
Author | Title | Translator | Orig. Pub. Year | Country |
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Fred Vargas | The Chalk Circle Man | Sian Reynolds | 1991 | ![]() |
Karin Alvtegen | Shadow | McKinley Burnett | 2007 | ![]() |
Arnaldur Indriðason | Arctic Chill | Bernard Scudder and Victoria Cribb | 2005 | ![]() |
Stieg Larsson | The Girl Who Played with Fire | Reg Keeland | 2006 | ![]() |
Jo Nesbø | The Redeemer | Don Bartlett | 2005 | ![]() |
Johan Theorin | Echoes from the Dead | Marlaine Delargy | 2007 | ![]() |
- 2010[3]
Author | Title | Translator | Orig. Pub. Year | Country |
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Johan Theorin | The Darkest Room | Marlaine Delargy | 2008 | ![]() |
Tonino Benacquista | Badfellas | Emily Read | 2004 | ![]() |
Andrea Camilleri | August Heat | Stephen Sartarelli | 2006 | ![]() |
Arnaldur Indriðason | Hypothermia | Victoria Cribb | 2007 | ![]() |
Stieg Larsson | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest | Reg Keeland | 2006 | ![]() |
Deon Meyer | Thirteen Hours | K. L. Seegers | 2009 | ![]() |
- 2011
Author | Title | Translator | Orig. Pub. Year | Country |
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Roslund/Hellström | Three Seconds | Kari Dickson | 2009 | ![]() |
Andrea Camilleri | The Wings of the Sphinx | Stephen Sartarelli | 2006 | ![]() |
Ernesto Mallo | Needle in a Haystack | Jethro Soutar | 2006 | ![]() |
Jean-François Parot | The Saint-Florentin Murders | Howard Curtis | 2004 | ![]() |
Fred Vargas | An Uncertain Place | Sian Reynolds | 2008 | ![]() |
Valerio Varesi | River of Shadows | Joseph Farrell | 2003 | ![]() |
Domingo Villar | Death on a Galician Shore | Sonia Soto | 2009 | ![]() |
- 2012
Author | Title | Translator | Orig. Pub. Year | Country |
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Andrea Camilleri | The Potter's Field | Stephen Sartarelli | 2008 | ![]() |
Maurizio de Giovanni | I Will Have Vengeance | Anne Milano Appel | 2006 | ![]() |
Åsa Larsson | Until Thy Wrath Be Past | Laurie Thompson | 2008 | ![]() |
Deon Meyer | Trackers | K. L. Seegers | 2010 | ![]() |
Jo Nesbø | Phantom | Don Bartlett | 2011 | ![]() |
Valerio Varesi | The Dark Valley | Joseph Farrell | 2005 | ![]() |
- 2013
Author | Title | Translator | Orig. Pub. Year | Country |
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Pierre Lemaitre | Alex | Frank Wynne | 2011 | ![]() |
Fred Vargas | The Ghost Riders of Ordebec | Sîan Reynolds | 2011 | ![]() |
Dror Mishani | The Missing File | Steven Cohen | 2011 | ![]() |
Roslund/Hellström | Two Soldiers | Kari Dickson | 2012 | ![]() |
Ferdinand von Schirach | The Collini Case | Anthea Bell | 2011 | ![]() |
Marco Vichi | Death in Sardinia | Stephen Sartarelli | 2004 | ![]() |
- 2014
Author | Title | Translator | Orig. Pub. Year | Country |
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Arturo Pérez-Reverte | The Siege | Frank Wynne | 2010 | ![]() |
Arnaldur Indriðason | Strange Shores | Victoria Crib | 2010 | ![]() |
Pierre Lemaitre | Irene | Frank Wynne | 2006 | ![]() |
Olivier Truc (fr.) | Forty Days Without Shadow | Louise Rogers LaLaurie | 2012 | ![]() |
Simon Urban (de.) | Plan D | Katy Derbyshire | 2011 | ![]() |
Fred Vargas | Dog Will Have His Day | Sîan Reynolds | 1996 | ![]() |
- 2015
Author | Title | Translator | Orig. Pub. Year | Country |
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Pierre Lemaitre | Camille | Frank Wynne | 2012 | ![]() |
Andreas Norman | Into A Raging Blaze | Ian Giles | 2013 | ![]() |
Leif G. W. Persson | Falling Freely, as if in a Dream | Paul Norlen | 2007 | ![]() |
Deon Meyer | Cobra | K. L. Seegers | 2013 | ![]() |
Karim Miské | Arab Jazz | Sam Gordon | 2012 | ![]() |
Dolores Redondo | The Invisible Guardian | Isabelle Kaufeler | 2013 | ![]() |
- 2016
Author | Title | Translator | Orig. Pub. Year | Country |
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Pierre Lemaitre | The Great Swindle | Frank Wynne | 2013 | ![]() |
Sascha Arango (de.) | The Truth and Other Lies | Imogen Taylor | 2014 | ![]() |
Deon Meyer | Icarus | K. L. Seegers | 2015 | ![]() |
Cay Rademacher (de.) | The Murderer in Ruins | Peter Millar | 2011 | ![]() |
Hideo Yokoyama | Six Four | Jonathan Lloyd-Davis | 2013 | ![]() |
- 2017
Author | Title | Translator | Orig. Pub. Year | Country |
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Leif G. W. Persson | The Dying Detective | Neil Smith | 2010 | ![]() |
Antonio Manzini (it.) | A Cold Death | Anthony Shugaar | 2015 | ![]() |
Pierre Lemaitre | Blood Wedding | Frank Wynne | 2009 | ![]() |
Gianrico Carofiglio | A Fine Line | Howard Curtis | 2014 | ![]() |
Fred Vargas | A Climate of Fear | Sian Reynolds | 2015 | ![]() |
Dolores Redondo | The Legacy of the Bones | Nick Caistor and Lorenza Garcia | 2013 | ![]() |