The Glass Key award ( sv, Glasnyckeln, da, Glasnøglen, no, Glassnøkkelen, fi, Lasiavain-palkinto, is, Glerlykillinn) is a
literature award
A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author.
Organizations
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given annually to a crime novel by an author from the
Nordic countries.
The award, named after the novel ''
The Glass Key
''The Glass Key'' is a novel by American writer Dashiell Hammett. First published as a serial in '' Black Mask'' magazine in 1930, it then was collected in 1931 (in London; the American edition followed 3 months later). It tells the story of a ga ...
'' by American crime writer
Dashiell Hammett
Samuel Dashiell Hammett (; May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade ('' ...
, is a real glass key given every year by the members of the Crime Writers of Scandinavia () to a crime novel written by a
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,
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,
Iceland
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ic,
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or
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author. Each country's members put forth a candidate novel, making up the shortlist.
Winners
References
External links
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Glass Key winners(through 2004)
{{The Glass Key award
Mystery and detective fiction awards