Jan Arnald
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| Jan Arnald | |
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| Born | 11 January 1963 |
| Pen name | Arne Dahl |
| Occupation | Novelist, literary critic |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Genres | Crime fiction, mystery fiction, |
| Subjects | crime, thriller, mystery |
| Notable work(s) | Ont Blod, Misterioso, Upp till toppen av berget |
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www.arnedahl.net |
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Jan Arnald (born 11 January 1963) is a Swedish novelist and literary critic, who uses the pen name Arne Dahl when writing crime fiction. He is also a regular writer in Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter.
He published Barbarer (2001) and Maria och Artur (2006) under his own name, but under his pen name he has written a series of crime novels about fictional group of Swedish crime investigators, called "the A Group" in Swedish, "the A-team" in the German translations, and "the Intercrime Group" in the first English translation. The books are translated into several languages. Jan Arnald is married to Swedish photographer Sara Arnald.
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[edit] Works written as Arne Dahl
- Ont blod (1998)
- Misterioso (1999; English translation by Tiina Nunnally: 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)
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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 Digest 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
