Glass Key award
2 appearances
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Edition 11 (2002) Winner
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Edition 12 (2003) Winner
Arnaldur Indriðason
アルナルドゥール・インドリダソン
Arnaldur Indriðason
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1961-01-28 （Reykjavík）
- Nationality
- Icelandic
- Languages
- Icelandic
- Residence History
- Reykjavík
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, journalist, film critic
- Active Years
- 1997-2024
- Affiliations
- Morgunblaðið
- Influenced By
- Indriði G. Þorsteinsson
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Iceland | — | History | 学士（歴史） | — | Iceland |
University of Iceland
History
Degree:
学士（歴史）
Year of Graduation:
1996
Country:
Iceland
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Glass Key award | — | — | Nordic crime novel prize | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Glass Key award | — | — | Nordic crime novel prize | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Gold Dagger | Silence of the Grave | — | Crime Writers' Association | 受賞 |
| 2013 | RBA Prize for Crime Writing | Shadow Alley | — | RBA | 受賞 |
Glass Key award
2002
Organization:
Nordic crime novel prize
Result:
受賞
Glass Key award
2003
Organization:
Nordic crime novel prize
Result:
受賞
Gold Dagger
2005
Work:
Silence of the Grave
Organization:
Crime Writers' Association
Result:
受賞
RBA Prize for Crime Writing
2013
Work:
Shadow Alley
Organization:
RBA
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
CWA KAA Gold Dagger
1 appearances
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Edition 51 (2005) Winner
Best Crime Novel in Swedish Translation
1 appearances
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Edition 35 (2005) Winner
Prix Mystère de la critique
1 appearances
Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
1 appearances
Barry Award
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (2009) Winner
Works
Major Works
Jar City
2000 crime fictionDetective Erlendur investigates a murder linked to organ jars in Reykjavik.
family secretspast crimes
Adaptations
- [film] Jar City / Baltasar Kormákur (2006)
Translations
- over 40 languages
Bibliography
- Sons of The Dust
- Silent Kill
- Jar City
- Silence of the Grave
- Voices
- The Draining Lake
- Arctic Chill
- Hypothermia
- Outrage
- Black Skies
- Strange Shores
- Operation Napoleon
- The Shadow District
- The Darkness Knows
Adaptations
- Jar City (2006 film)
- Operation Napoleon (2023 film)
Translations of Works
- Arabic, Russian, etc. over 40 languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Nordic noirgrim realism
- Recurring Motifs
- past traumafamily issues
Legacy
Iceland's leading crime fiction author, Erlendur series hugely popular worldwide, over 20 million copies sold.
Trivia
- His father Indriði G. Þorsteinsson was also a writer.
- Worked as journalist and film critic for Morgunblaðið.