Hammett Prize
The Hammett Prize (also: Dashiell Hammett Award, not to be confused with the Spanish Premio Hammett ) is annually since 1992 by the North American Branch of the International Association of Crime Writers ( IACW / NA ) for the most excellent, published in the previous year literary work of crime fiction award in English. The ceremony will take place each on a special event, the Bloody Words Conference.
It only works of authors are considered which have their permanent residence in the U.S. or Canada. Nominations are made by an annually changing Nominating Committee, consisting of members of IACW. A minimum of three, maximum of five works come to the final round. The decision is made by a panel of three people: A well-known U.S. or Canadian author without activity in the field of crime fiction. Second, a well-known editor or publisher, and thirdly, a well-known critics and booksellers, which is also not primarily active in the field of crime fiction. In a categorization as such is often the case, for example, " Best Novel " or "Best First Novel ", has been omitted - it is only a price to be awarded: A statue of living in San Francisco German sculptor Peter Boiger that a thin man represents. The name of the statue Thin Man has namesake and origin of the Hammett Prize for: Dashiell Hammett, the pioneer of the American hard-boiled crime fiction, wrote in 1934 his final novel, The Thin Man ( Eng.: The thin man), who also filmed been.
Award winners
1 = publisher and yearly data refer to the original and German editions