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. 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.

Winners

2006

• Winner: Fred Vargas, The Three Evangelists
  • • Translator - Sîan Reynolds

Shortlist:

Author	Title	Translator
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

2007

• Winner: Fred Vargas, Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand
  • • Translator - Sîan Reynolds
  • Karin Alvtegen, Shame
    • Steven T Murray
  • Christian Jungersen, The Exception
    • Anna Paterson
  • Yasmina Khadra, The Attack
    • John Cullen
  • Åsa Larsson, The Savage Altar (US title: Sun Storm)
    • Marlaine Delargy
  • Jo Nesbø, The Redbreast
    • Don Bartlett

2008

• Winner: Dominique Manotti - Lorraine Connection
  • • Translator - Amanda Hopkinson - Ros Schwartz
  • Andrea Camilleri, The Patience of the Spider
    • Stephen Sartarelli
  • Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
    • Reg Keeland
  • Martin Suter, A Deal with the Devil
    • Peter Millar
  • Fred Vargas, This Night's Foul Work
    • Sîan Reynolds

Renamed the International Dagger.

2009

• Winner: Fred Vargas - The Chalk Circle Man
  • • Translator - Sian Reynolds
  • Karin Alvtegen - Shadow
    • McKinley Burnett
  • Arnaldur Indriðason - Arctic Chill
    • Bernard Scudder - Victoria Cribb
  • Stieg Larsson - The Girl Who Played with Fire
    • Reg Keeland
  • Jo Nesbø - The Redeemer
    • Don Bartlett
  • Johan Theorin - Echoes from the Dead
    • Marlaine Delargy

2010

• Winner: Johan Theorin - The Darkest Room
  • • Translator - Marlaine Delargy
  • Tonino Benacquista - Badfellas
    • Emily Read
  • Andrea Camilleri - August Heat
    • Stephen Sartarelli
  • Stieg Larsson - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
    • Reg Keeland
  • Deon Meyer - Thirteen Hours
    • K. L. Seeger
  • Arnaldur Indriðason - Hypothermia
    • Victoria Cribb

2011

• Winner: Roslund/Hellström - Three Seconds
  • • Translator - Kari Dickson
  • Andrea Camilleri - The Wings of the Sphinx
    • Stephen Sartarelli
  • Ernesto Mallo - Needle in a Haystack
    • Jethro Soutar
  • Jean-François Parot - The Saint-Florentin Murders
    • Howard Curtis
  • Valerio Varesi - River of Shadows
    • Joseph Farrell
  • Fred Vargas - An Uncertain Place
    • Sian Reynolds
  • Domino Villar - Death on a Galician Shore
    • Sonia Soto

2012

• Winner: Andrea Camilleri - The Potter's Field
  • • Translator - Stephen Sartarelli
  • Maurizio di Giovanni - I will have vengeance
    • Anne Milano Appel
  • Åsa Larsson - Until Thy Wrath Be Past
    • Laurie Thompson
  • Deon Meyer - Trackers"
    • K. L. Seeger
  • Jo Nesbø - Phantom"
    • Don Bartlett
  • Valerio Varesi - The Dark Valley
    • Joseph Farrell

2013

Joint winners: Pierre Lemaitre - Alex

• Translator - Frank Wynne

Fred Vargas - The Ghost Riders of Ordebec

• Translator - Sîan Reynolds

Shortlist

Author	Title	Translator
Pierre Lemaitre	Alex	Frank Wynne
D. A. Mishani	The Missing File	Steven Cohen
Roslund/Hellström	Two Soldiers	Kari Dickson
Ferdinand von Schirach	The Collini Case	Anthea Bell
Fred Vargas	The Ghost Riders of Ordebec	Sîan Reynolds
Marco Vichi	Death in Sardinia	Stephen Sartarelli

2014

• Winner: Arturo Perez-Reverte - The Siege
  • • Translator - Frank Wynne
  • Fred Vargas - Dog will have his Day
    • Sîan Reynolds
  • Arnaldur Indridason - Strange Shores
    • Victoria Crib
  • Pierre Lemaitre - Irène
    • Frank Wynne
  • Olivier Truc- Forty Days without Shadow
    • Louise Rogers LaLaurie
  • Simon Urban - Plan D
    • Katy Derbyshire

2015

• Winner: Pierre Lemaitre, Camille
  • • Translator - Frank Wynne

Shortlist:

Author	Title	Translator
Pierre Lemaitre	Camille	Frank Wynne
Andreas Norman	Into A Raging Blaze	Ian Giles
Leif G. W. Persson	Falling Freely, As If In A Dream	Paul Norlen
Deon Meyer	Cobra	K. L. Seegers
Karim Miské	Arab Jazz	Sam Gordon
Dolores Redondo	The Invisible Guardian	Isabelle Kaufeler

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