Blóðdropinn

Arnaldur Indriðason , 2008 Blóðdropinn
laureate

Blóðdropinn ( German blood drop ) is the national Icelandic literary award for crime literature . It is only awarded in one category (Best Novel) and was awarded for the first time on September 23, 2007 by the Icelandic crime writers' association ( Hið íslenska glæpafélag, The Icelandic Crime Syndicate). The novel, which was awarded the Blóðdropinn , is also nominated for the Scandinavian Crime Prize (literature prize for the best crime novel in the Scandinavian countries).

Award winners

Yrsa Sigurðardóttir , 2011 winner of the Blóðdropinn

year	Award winners	Original title	German title
2007	Stefán Máni	Skipið JPV, Reykjavík 2006	The Ullstein ship , Berlin 2009
2008	Arnaldur Indriðason	Harðskafi JPV, Reykjavík 2007	Cold sleep Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2009
2009	Ævar Örn Jósepsson	Land tækifæranna Uppheimar, Akranes 2008	Promise btb, Munich 2012
2010	Helgi Ingólfsson	Þegar kóngur kom Ormstunga, Reykjavík 2009
2011	Yrsa Sigurðardóttir	Ég man þig Veröld, Reykjavík 2010	Geisterfjord Fischer, Frankfurt / M. 2011
2012	Sigurjón Pálsson	Klækir Sigurjón Pálsson, Reykjavík 2011
2013	Stefán Máni	Húsið JPV, Reykjavík 2012
2014	Stefán Máni	Grimmd JPV, Reykjavík 2013
2015	Yrsa Sigurðardóttir	DNA Veröld, Reykjavík 2014	DNA btb, Munich 2016
2016	Óskar Guðmundsson	Hilma Draumsýn, Reykjavík 2015
2017	Arnaldur Indriðason	Petsamo Vaka-Helgafell, Reykjavík 2016	Gray Nights Lübbe, Cologne 2018
2018	Lilja Sigurðardóttir	Búrið JPV (Forlagið), Reykjavík 2017
2019	Lilja Sigurðardóttir	Svik JPV (Forlagið), Reykjavík 2018

See also

• List of crime writers

Web links

• Award winners and nominations (Icelandic)
• Stefán Máni at Schwedenkrimi.de
• On the Abyss of Icelandic Society Interview with Jürgen Ruckh on schwedenkrimi.de from October 10, 2011

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cf. Interview with Ævar Örn Jósepsson at schwedenkrimi.de (accessed on April 3, 2008)
2. ↑ cf. Ruckh, Jürgen: The Icelandic Krimiherbst 2007 at schwedenkrimi.de (accessed on April 3, 2008)