German Crime Prize
The German Crime Prize is an undoped German literary prize for novels from the genre of crime fiction . Each year a jury awards three German-language first editions in the national and international categories .
history
The prize was launched in 1985 by the Bochum Crime Archive (consisting of the journalist Reinhard Jahn and the copywriter Werner Puchalla) as the first German-language critic's prize in the genre of crime literature and has been awarded every January since then. In contrast to the Friedrich Glauser Prize , which is awarded by the group of authors Das Syndikat , the jurors are literary scholars, critics and booksellers. According to the company's own definition, the prize is intended to honor novels that “give the genre new impulses with original content and literary skills.” The best new publications of a year by German-language crime fiction authors are awarded places 1 to 3. In a second category, there are also three prizes for newly published works by international authors. As a rule, the prize is not awarded at a public event, but only announced to the public. A certificate in the form of an original graphic was awarded until 1998, since then it has been undoped.
Electoral process
No books will be submitted for the award. Instead, each juror chooses his or her favorites from the new publications of the past year. Digital publications are not eligible. The Bochum Crime Archive evaluates the votes after scoring points. So there is no common base of books that all jurors have read. Kathrin Passig criticized the procedure: "From a purely technical point of view, books by new and little-known authors therefore have little chance of being noticed by enough jury members and subsequently being nominated."
Award winners
The most successful crime writers in the national category are the Swiss Peter Zeindler , who won the German Crime Prize four times between 1986 and 1992 (always 1st place) and the German Friedrich Ani , who was awarded five times between 2002 and 2013 (one place 1, four times 2nd place). Between 1986 and 1996, the American Ross Thomas, who died in 1995, won the German Crime Prize four times in the international category (always first place).
| year | Award winners (national) | Prize winners (international) |
| 1985 | 1. Helga Riedel - one must be dead and revenant 2. Werner Waldhoff - one or the other luck and escape 3. Frieder Faist - shadow plays |
1. Alan Furst - Deadly Caribbean and Business in the Shadows 2. Anthony Price - A Game for Professionals and The Chandos Trap 3. Thomas Perry - Settlement in Las Vegas |
| 1986 | 1. Peter Zeindler - The Circle 2. Peter Schmidt - Inventive Spirit 3. Norbert Klugmann and Peter Mathews - Flieg, Adler Kühn and a commissioner for all cases |
1. Ross Thomas - Murder Mission 2. Len Deighton - Mexico Poker 3. Manuel Vázquez Montalbán - Carvalho and the murder in the Central Committee |
| 1987 | 1. Horst Bieber - his last mistake 1. Peter Schmidt - the storyteller's hour 2. Frank Göhre - the butterfly's cry 3. Michael Molsner - the euro investigators - the murdered angel |
1. Ross Thomas - protective wall 2. Len Deighton - London Match 3. John le Carré - a blinding spy |
| 1988 | 1. Peter Zeindler - contradiction 2. Hans Werner Kettenbach - Schmatz or Die Sackgasse 3. Michael Molsner - Company Counterforce |
1. Joseph Wambaugh - The Rolls-Royce Dead 2. Ruth Rendell - Heart Shards and In Blind Panic 3. Stan Lee - Dunn's Dilemma |
| 1989 | 1. Detlef Bernd Blettenberg - Farang 2. Michael Molsner - The honor of an officer's wife and Eu-ro-investigators: Urian track 3. Willi Voss - The law of the jungle |
1. James Ellroy - The Black Dahlia 2. Manuel Vázquez Montalbán - Some go swimming 3. Julian Rathbone - Green fingers 3. Andrew Vachss - Kata |
| 1990 | 1. Peter Zeindler - the shadow agent 2. Yaak Karsunke - dead man 3. Gisbert Haefs - shadow lane |
1. Ross Thomas - At the Edge of the World 2. James Ellroy - Blood Shadow and Silent Terror 3. Robert W. Campbell - Glitzerland |
| 1991 | 1. Pieke Biermann - Violetta 2. Peter Schmidt - The Veteran's Meeting 3. Kurt Bracharz - Hell's Angel |
1. Derek Raymond - I was Dora Suarez 2. Manuel Vázquez Montalbán - shot from an ambush 3. Carl Hiaasen - Under the skin |
| 1992 | 1. Peter Zeindler - Trial by Fire 2. Jakob Arjouni - One man, one murder 3. Uta-Maria Heim - The rat principle |
1. James Ellroy - City of Devils 2. Tom Kakonis - Ripped Off 3. David L. Lindsey - Abyssal |
| 1993 | 1. Bernhard Schlink - Selbs Fraud 2. Martin Grzimek - Feuerfalter 3. Leo P. Ard and Michael Illner - Mixed doubles |
1. Andreu Martin - Until murder do you part 2. Batya Gur - Because you should rest on the Sabbath 3. Jerome Charyn - Paradise Man |
| 1994 | 1. Pieke Biermann - palpitations 2. Uta-Maria Heim - the cockroach town 3. Jürgen Alberts - death of an armchair user |
1. Carl Hiaasen - Big Animals 2. Michael Dibdin - Dirty Tricks 3. John le Carré - The Night Manager |
| 1995 | 1. Detlef Bernd Blettenberg - Blue Rum 2. Sabine Deitmer - Dominant Ladies 3. Gunter Gerlach - Cortisone |
1. Philip Kerr - The Wittgenstein Program 2. Peter Hoeg - Miss Smilla's flair for snow 3. James Lee Burke - White lights |
| 1996 | 1. Robert Hühltner - Inspector Kajetan and the Koslowski case 2. Robert Brack - The gangster office 3. Regula Venske - Rent a Russian |
1. Ross Thomas - Die in the dark 2. Schulamit Lapid - local edition 3. William Marshall - The honor of the fighters |
| 1997 | 1. Alexander Heimann - December Foehn 2. Gisbert Haefs - General's giggle 3. Wolf Haas - Resurrection of the dead |
1. Philip Kerr - Game Over 2. James Ellroy - An American thriller 3. Donna Leon - Venetian charade |
| 1998 | 1. Robert Hältner - Die Godin 2. Pieke Biermann - four, five, six 3. John Cassar - Bogart's brother 3. Roger Fiedler - sushi, skis and black sheriffs |
1. Patrícia Melo - O Matador 2. Kenneth Abel - bait on the hook 3. James Ellroy - the redhead |
| 1999 | 1. Wolf Haas - Come on, sweet death 2. Jörg Juretzka - Prickel 3. Kurt Lanthaler - Azzurro |
1. Jerry Oster - Fall into the Dark 2. Henning Mankell - The Fifth Woman 3. Elmore Leonard - Out of Sight |
| 2000 | 1. Thea Dorn - The Queen of the Brains 2. Wolf Haas - Silentium! 3. Wolfram Fleischhauer - The woman with the rain hands |
1. Garry Disher - Greed 2. George P. Pelecanos - The big killing 3. Michael Connelly - The second heart |
| 2001 | 1. Ulrich Ritzel - Driftwood 2. Anne Chaplet - Nothing but the Truth 3. Sam Jaun - Flying Summer |
1. Jean-Claude Izzo - Chourmo 2. Michael Connelly - Black Angels 3. Henning Mankell - Midsummer murder 3. Dennis Lehane - No child's play |
| 2002 | 1. Alexander Heimann - Mother's Day 2. Friedrich Ani - South and the vow of the fallen angel 3. Jörg Juretzka - Willy is gone |
1. Garry Disher - Dragon Man 2. Yasmina Khadra - Autumn of the Chimeras 3. Dennis Lehane - Rainy Magic |
| 2003 | 1. Friedrich Ani - south and the tram drinker 2. Martin Suter - a perfect friend 3. Richard Birkefeld and Göran Hachmeister - whoever is left is right |
1. Robert Wilson - Death in Lisbon 2. Ian Rankin - Puppet Show and Encrypted Truth 3. Dennis Lehane - Wolf Trail |
| 2004 | 1. Detlef Bernd Blettenberg - Berlin, Fijitown 2. Anne Chaplet - Snow Death 3. Heinrich Steinfest - A stubborn dog |
1. Fred Vargas - flee far and fast 2. George P. Pelecanos - a shot in the black and a sweet eternity 3. Christopher G. Moore - zero hour in Phnom Penh |
| 2005 | 1. Astrid Paprotta - The unvarnished truth 2. Frank Schätzing - The Swarm 3. Oliver Bottini - Murder under the sign of Zen |
1. Ian Rankin - The Children of Death 2. Arne Dahl - False Victims 3. Petros Markaris - Live |
| 2006 | 1. Norbert Horst - Death Pattern 2. Heinrich Steinfest - The Extent of Hell 3. Wolfgang Schorlau - The Dark Silence |
1. David Peace - 1974 2. Deon Meyer - The Hunter's Heart 3. Arne Dahl - Deep Pain |
| 2007 | 1. Andrea Maria Schenkel - Tannöd 2. Paulus Hochgatterer - The sweetness of life 3. Oliver Bottini - In the summer the murderer |
1. Robert Littell - The Cold Legend 2. Pete Dexter - Train 3. Leonardo Padura - Adiós Hemingway |
| 2008 | 1. Andrea Maria Schenkel - Cold Ice 2. Heinrich Steinfest - The fine nose of Lilli Steinbeck 3. Jan Costin Wagner - The silence |
1. James Sallis - Driver 2. Martin Cruz Smith - Stalin's Ghost 3. Matti Rönkä - The Border Crosser |
| 2009 | 1. Linus Reichlin - The longing of the atoms 2. Bernhard Jaumann - The eyes of Medusa 3. Heinrich Steinfest - Mariaschwarz |
1. Richard Stark - Ask the Parrot 2. Jerome Charyn - Citizen Sidel 3. Deon Meyer - White Shadow |
| 2010 | 1. Ulrich Ritzel - by-catch 2. Friedrich Ani - deadness does not expire 3. Jörg Juretzka - everything is totally groovy here |
1. David Peace - Tokyo in the year zero 2. Roger Smith - Cape of Darkness 3. Ken Bruen - Jack Taylor is thrown out |
| 2011 | 1. Bernhard Jaumann - The hour of the jackal 2. Frank Göhre - The chosen one 3. DB Blettenberg - Murnau's legacy |
1. Don Winslow - Days of the Dead 2. Josh Bazell - Faster Than Death 3. Dominique Manotti - Last Shift |
| 2012 | 1. Mechtild Borrmann - who breaks the silence 2. Friedrich Ani - south 3. Elisabeth Herrmann - witness of the dead |
1. Peter Temple - Truth 2. Don Winslow - Time of Wrath 3. Kate Atkinson - The Forgotten Child |
| 2013 | 1. Merle Kröger - borderline case 2. Friedrich Ani - the south and the secret life 3. Oliver Bottini - the cold dream |
1. Sara Gran - The City of the Dead 2. Helon Habila - Oil on Water 3. Donald Ray Pollock - The Devil's Craft |
| 2014 | 1. Friedrich Ani - M 2. Robert Hältner - At the end of the day 3. Matthias Wittekindt - Marble Men |
1. Patrícia Melo - Corpse Thief 2. John le Carré - Sensitive Truth 3. Jerome Charyn - Under the Eye of God |
| 2015 | 1. Franz Dobler - A bull on the train 2. Oliver Bottini - A few days of light 3. Max Annas - The farm |
1. James Lee Burke - Rain Gods 2. Liza Cody - Lady Bag 3. Oliver Harris - London Underground |
| 2016 | 1. Friedrich Ani - The Nameless Day 2. Merle Kröger - Average 3. Zoë Beck - Schwarzblende |
1. Richard Price - The Untouchables 2. Fred Vargas - The Merciful Guillotine 3. Sara Gran - Dope |
| 2017 | 1. Max Annas - The Wall 2. Simone Buchholz - Blue Night 3. Franz Dobler - A slap in the face |
1. Donald Ray Pollock - The Heavenly Table 2. Liza Cody - Miss Terry 3. Garry Disher - Bitter Wash Road |
| 2018 | 1. Oliver Bottini - Death in the quiet corners of life 2. Monika Geier - Everything so bright ahead 3. Andreas Pflüger - Never |
1. John le Carré - The Legacy of the Spies 2. Viet Thanh Nguyen - The Sympathizer 3. Jérôme Leroy - The Block |
| 2019 | 1. Simone Buchholz - Mexikoring 2. Matthias Wittekindt - The Courcelles gas station 3. Max Annas - Finsterwalde |
1. Hideo Yokoyama - 64 2. Tom Franklin - crooked type, crooked type 3. Denise Mina - blood salt water |
See also
Web links
- Official website
- German Crime Prize on Kulturpreise.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Quotation: "Belletristic Großtext ('Roman')" Quotation: "Not included in the evaluation are paperback editions of earlier publications, special, club and special editions, insofar as they are new publications of titles that have already been published. New translations, completed translations, newly edited, supplemented or shortened editions are also not included in the evaluation. " [1]
- ↑ History on the website of the German Crime Prize .
- ^ Page of the German Crime Prize .
- ^ A b Bochum Crime Archive: The German Crime Prize 1985 - today. Krimilexikon.de, accessed on August 22, 2014 .
- ^ German Crime Prize (national and international) , literaturport.de
- ↑ FAQ on the German Crime Prize website .
- ↑ The measurement of literature. Zeit.de, June 28, 2010, accessed on August 22, 2014 .