Jan Arnald
Encyclopedia
Jan Arnald is a Swedish
crime
author and literary critic, internationally famous for writing under the pen name Arne Dahl. His writing can also be seen in the Swedish newspaper, Dagens Nyheter
. He published Barbarer (2001) and Maria och Artur (2006) under his own name but under his pseudonym, he has written the Intercrime series, involving the A-team, a group highly trained in dealing with criminal cases in Sweden
. The eleventh book in the series, Elva was published in August, 2008. The books are translated into several languages.
Jan Arnald is married to Swedish
photographer Sara Arnald.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
crime
Crime
Crime is the breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority can ultimately prescribe a conviction...
author and literary critic, internationally famous for writing under the pen name Arne Dahl. His writing can also be seen in the Swedish newspaper, Dagens Nyheter
Dagens Nyheter
is a daily newspaper in Sweden. It has the largest circulation of Swedish morning newspapers, followed by Göteborgs-Posten and Svenska Dagbladet, and is the only morning newspaper that is distributed to subscribers across the whole country. In 2009 DN had a circulation of 316,000, reaching 881...
. He published Barbarer (2001) and Maria och Artur (2006) under his own name but under his pseudonym, he has written the Intercrime series, involving the A-team, a group highly trained in dealing with criminal cases in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. The eleventh book in the series, Elva was published in August, 2008. The books are translated into several languages.
Jan Arnald is married to Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
photographer Sara Arnald.
The Intercrime series written as Arne Dahl
- Ont blod (1998)
- Misterioso (1999; English translation by Tiina NunnallyTiina NunnallyTiina Nunnally is an American author and translator.Nunnally was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and St. Louis Park, Minnesota. She was an AFS exchange student to Århus, Denmark in 1969-70. She received her MA in 1976 from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and a...
: Misterioso, 2010) - Upp till toppen av berget (2000)
- Europa Blues (2001)
- De största vatten (2002)
- En midsommarnattsdröm (2003)
- Dödsmässa (2004)
- Mörkertal (2005)
- Efterskalv (2006)
- Himmelsöga (2007)
- Elva (2008)
Works written as Jan Arnald
- Chiosmassakern (novel, 1990)
- Nalkanden (poetry collection, 1992)
- Genrernas tyranni (thesis, 1995)
- 3 variationer (prose, 1996)
- Klä i ord (stories, 1997)
- Barbarer (novel, 2001)
- Maria och Artur (novel, 2006)
- Intimus (novel, 2010)
Prizes and Awards
- 2003 The Palle Rosenkrantz prize, for Europa Blues
- 2005 Deutscher Krimi Preis, for Upp till toppen av berget
- 2006 Deutscher Krimi Preis, for Europa Blues
- 2007 Chosen by Reader's DigestReader's DigestReader's Digest is a general interest family magazine, published ten times annually. Formerly based in Chappaqua, New York, its headquarters is now in New York City. It was founded in 1922, by DeWitt Wallace and Lila Bell Wallace...
as Europe's best crime novelist - 2007 The Swedish Crime Writing Award
- 2010 The Radio Bremen Crime Fiction Award
- 2010 Nominated to European Crime Fiction Star Award 2010/11