Outstanding crime fiction from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland longlisted for the 2023 petrona award
Twelve crime novels from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland have made the longlist for the 2023 Petrona Award for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year.
They are:
The Shadow Murders by Jussi Adler-Olsen tr. William Frost (Denmark, Quercus)
Death in Summer by Lina Areklew tr. Tara F Chace (Sweden, Canelo Crime)
Little Drummer by Kjell Ola Dahl tr. Don Bartlett (Norway, Orenda Books)
Femicide by Pascal Engman tr. Michael Gallagher (Sweden, Legend Press)
The Corpse Flower by Anne Mette Hancock tr. Tara F Chace (Denmark, Swift Press)
Winter Water by Susanne Jansson tr. Rachel Willson-Broyles (Sweden, Hodder & Stoughton)
The Axe Woman by Håkan Nesser tr. Sarah Death (Sweden, Mantle)
Land of Snow and Ashes by Petra Rautiainen tr. David Hackston (Finland, Pushkin Press)
Kalmann by Joachim B Schmidt tr. Jamie Lee Searle (Switzerland, Bitter Lemon Press)
Red as Blood by Lilja Sigurðardóttir tr. Quentin Bates (Iceland, Orenda Books)
Codename Faust by Gustaf Skördeman tr. Ian Giles (Sweden, Zaffre)
Bitter Flowers by Gunnar Staalesen tr. Don Bartlett (Norway, Orenda Books)
The significantly increased number of entries for this year’s Petrona Award illustrates the continuing popularity of Scandinavian crime fiction in translation. The longlist contains a mix of new and established authors including previous Petrona Award winner, Gunnar Staalesen.
Both large and small publishers are represented on the longlist, with Orenda Books leading with three entries, and the breakdown by country is Sweden (5), Denmark (2), Norway (2), Finland (1), Iceland (1) and Switzerland (1), with translators Don Bartlett and Tara F Chace having translated two entries each.
The shortlist will be announced on 7 September 2023.
The Petrona Award 2023 judging panel comprises Jackie Farrant, the creator of RAVEN CRIME READS and a bookseller/Area Commercial Support for a major book chain in the UK; Miriam Owen, founder of the NORDIC NOIR blog, passionate about the arts, she moderates author panels and provides support at crime fiction festivals, and Ewa Sherman, translator and writer, and blogger at NORDIC LIGHTHOUSE. The Award administrator is Karen Meek, owner of the EURO CRIME blog and website.
Can someone clarify the entry criteria, I could have sworn I read Bitter Flowers by Gunnar Staalesen years ago.
ReplyDeleteBitter Flowers was originally published in 1991.
Although the copyright on the Don Bartlett version reads
"English language copyright© Don Bartlett 2022"
And yet, I bought and read that version in November 2021.