Nero Wolfe Award
The Nero Wolfe Award (short: Nero Award ) is a US literary award for crime literature that is awarded annually. The award is named after a fictional character by the American writer Rex Stout . Together with his private detective Nero Wolfe, he created a famous serial and cult figure in crime history in 33 novels and 41 stories. The City of New York and the Nero Wolfe Society even put a bronze plaque on Nero Wolfe's "novel residence" (454 West, 35th Street, New York, NY 10001) in memory of Rex Stout and his idiosyncratic detective. Together with his assistant Archie Goodwin , who reproduces the experiences in the novels in first person form , he has created a large fan base worldwide.
The actual prize, a fantasy bust of the detective Nero Wolfe, has been awarded since 1979 by the New York Nero Wolfe Society (nickname: "The Wolfe Pack") at a special event, the "Black Orchid Banquet".
In addition to the Nero Award , the company has been presenting another award for the life's work (Lifetime Achievement Award) of crime writers since 2005: the Archie Goodwin Award , which is given out at irregular intervals and is named after Wolfe's assistant. For the first time in 2007, the Nero Wolfe Society awarded an award for the best, previously unpublished first work by an author, the Black Orchid Award (also known as the Black Orchid Novella Award ) - based on Rex Stout's 1942 novel Black Orchids . Works submitted to the jury should follow the tradition of Rex Stout's novellas . The selection at this award ceremony is "blind", i. H. Only manuscripts that are not identified by name will be presented to the jury. The name of the winner will only be announced after the jury's decision. The winning story will be published in the Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine .
Categories
| category | Original designation | awarded since |
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| Best novel | Nero Wolfe Award | 1979 |
| Award for life's work | Archie Goodwin Award - Lifetime Achievement Award | 2005 |
| Best unpublished first work | Black Orchid Award | 2007 |
Award winners
Best Novel - Nero Wolfe Award
(No award was given in 1988, 1989 and 1990)
| year | Award winners | Original title publisher, location year |
German title publisher, location year |
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| 1979 | Lawrence Block | The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling Random House, New York 1979 |
Whoever steals is not believed to be Scherz, Bern u. a. 1983 |
| 1980 | Helen McCloy | Burn This Dodd, Mead & Co., New York 1980 |
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| 1981 | Amanda Cross | Death in a Tenured Position Dutton, New York 1981 |
The dead of Harvard Eichborn, Frankfurt 1991 |
| 1982 | Hugh Pentecost | Past, Present and Murder Dodd, Mead & Co., New York 1982 |
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| 1983 | Martha Grimes | The Anodyne Necklace Little, Brown & Co., Boston 1983 |
Inspector Jury is looking for the Kennington Smaragd Wunderlich, Reinbek 1988 |
| 1984 | Jane Langton | Emily Dickinson is Dead St. Martin's Press, New York 1984 |
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| 1985 | Dick Lochte | Sleeping Dog Arbor House Pub Co, New York 1985 |
Sleeping dogs Bastei Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1990 |
| 1986 | Robert Goldsborough | Murder in E Minor Bantam Books, New York 1986 |
Murder in E minor Goldmann, Munich 1987 |
| 1987 | Charlotte MacLeod | The Corpse in Oozak's Pond Collins Crime Club, London 1986 |
Silent ponds deeply found DuMont, Cologne 1994 |
| 1991 | Tony Hillerman | Coyote Waits Harper & Row, New York 1990 |
The coyote is waiting for Goldmann, Munich 1992 |
| 1992 | Robert Barnard | A Scandal in Belgravia Scribner's, New York 1991 |
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| 1993 | John Dunning | Booked to Die Scribner's, New York 1992 |
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| 1994 | Aaron Elkins | Old Scores Scribner's, New York 1994 |
Old Masters Heyne, Munich 1996 |
| 1995 | Sharyn McCrumb | She Walks These Hills Scribner's, New York 1994 |
Shadows over the mountains Rowohlt, Reinbek 1995 |
| 1996 | Laurie R. King | A Monstrous Regiment of Women St. Martin's Press, New York 1995 |
Deadly Testament Rowohlt, Reinbek 1997 |
| 1997 | Michael Connelly | The Poet Little, Brown & Co., Boston 1996 |
The poet Heyne, Munich 1998 |
| 1998 | Dennis Lehane | Sacred William Morrow, New York 1997 |
In deep grief Ullstein, Berlin 1999 |
| 1999 | Jeffery Deaver | The Bone Collector Viking, New York 1997 |
The assistant Goldmann, Munich 1999 |
| 2000 | Fred R. Harris | Coyote Revenge HarperCollins, New York 1999 |
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| 2001 | Laura Lippman | Sugar House William Morrow, New York 2000 |
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| 2002 | Linda Fairstein | The Deadhouse Scribner's, New York 2001 |
The Heyne House of the Dead , Munich 2001 |
| 2003 | SJ Rozan | Winter and Night St. Martin's Minotaur, New York 2002 |
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| 2004 | Walter Mosley | Fear Itself Little, Brown & Co., Boston 2003 |
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| 2005 | Lee Child | The Enemy Bantam Books, New York 2004 |
The hit list Blanvalet, Munich 2006 |
| 2006 | Tess Gerritsen | Vanish Ballantine, New York 2005 |
Seemingly dead Limes, Munich 2006 |
| 2007 | Julia Spencer-Fleming | All Mortal Flesh St, Martin's Minotaur, New York 2006 |
Who is burdened with guilt Droemer Knaur, Munich 2009 |
| 2008 | Jonathan Santlofer | Anatomy of Fear William Morrow, New York 2007 |
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| 2009 | Joseph Teller | The Tenth Case Mira Books, Ontario / Canada 2008 |
The tenth case Cora, Hamburg 2010 |
| 2010 | Brad Parks | Faces of the Gone Minotaur Books, New York 2009 |
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| 2011 | Louise Penny | Bury Your Dead Minotaur Books, New York 2010 |
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| 2012 | Dana Stabenow | Though Not Dead Minotaur Books, New York 2011 |
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| 2013 | Chris button | Dead Anyway The Permanent Press, Sag Habour / New York 2012 |
Head Shot Knaur, Munich 2014 |
| 2014 | David Morrell | Murder as a Fine Art Little, Brown & Co., New York 2013 |
The opium killer Knaur, Munich 2015 |
| 2015 | John Verdon | Peter Pan Must Die Crown Publishing Group, New York 2014 |
The mercilessness of the moment Heyne, Munich 2015 |
| 2016 | David C. Taylor | Night Life Forge, New York 2015 |
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| 2017 | Al Lamanda | With 6 You Get Wally Five Star, Farmington Hills / Michigan 2016 |
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| 2018 | Stephen Mack Jones | August Snow Soho Crime, New York 2017 |
Lifetime Achievement Award - Archie Goodwin Award - Lifetime Achievement Award
(posthumous, irregular award)
| year | Award winners |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Rex Stout , Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 2007 | Dorothy L. Sayers |
| 2011 | Dashiell Hammett , Robert B. Parker and Ellery Queen |
Best Unpublished Debut - Black Orchid Award
| year | Award winners | Original title anthology |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | John Gregory Betancourt | Horse Pit Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July / August 2008 |
| 2008 | Michael Nethercott | O'Nelligan's Glory Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July / August 2009 |
| 2009 | Steve Liscow | The Stranglehold Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July / August 2010 |
| 2010 | Bradley Crowther | Politics Make Dead Bedfellow Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July / August 2011 |
| 2011 | James Lincoln Warren | Inner Fire Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July / August 2012 |
| 2012 | Robert Lopresti | Red Envelope Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July / August 2013 |
| 2013 | Susan Thibadeau | The Discarded Spouse Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July / August 2014 |
| 2014 | KB McAbee | Dyed to Death Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July / August 2015 |
| 2015 | Mark Thielman | A Meter of Murder Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July / August 2016 |
| 2016 | Steve Liskow | Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July / August 2017 |
| 2017 | Mark Thielman | The Black Drop of Venus Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July / August 2018 |
| 2018 | Mark Bruce | Minerva James & the Goddess of Justice Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July / August 2019 |
See also
Web links
- Chronological list of the Nero Award winners (English)
- Chronological list of the Black Orchid Novella Award-winner (English)
- Brief History of Nero Wolfe Society (English)
- Hp The Wolfe Pack (English)