The CWA International Dagger (formerly known as the Duncan Lawrie International Dagger and the Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger) is an award given by the

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for best translated

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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

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. From 2006, translated crime fiction was honored with its own award conceived partly to recognize the contribution of the

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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

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Name history

* 2006–2008: Duncan Lawrie International Dagger * 2009–2018: ??? * 2019–?: Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger * –present: International Dagger

Winners

Winners (in bold) and shortlisted titles.

2000s

;2006 ;2007 ;2008 ; 2009

2010s

;2010 ;2011 ; 2012 ; 2013 ;2014 ; 2015 ; 2016 ; 2017 ; 2018 ; 2019

2020s

;2020 ; 2021 ; 2022 ; 2023 2024

References

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External links

The Crime Writers' Association
Crime Writers' Association awards Awards established in 2006 2006 establishments in the United Kingdom Translation awards Mystery and detective fiction awards