Jan Arnald
Jan Arnald | |
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 Jan Arnald | |
| Born | 11 January 1963 |
| Pen name | Arne Dahl |
| Occupation | Novelist, literary critic |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Genre | Crime fiction, mystery fiction, |
| Subject | crime, thriller, mystery |
| Notable works | Ont Blod, Misterioso, Upp till toppen av berget |
| Website | |
| www.arnedahl.net | |
Jan Arnald (born 11 January 1963) is a Swedish novelist and literary critic, who uses the pen name Arne Dahl when writing crime fiction. He is also a regular writer in Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter.
He published Barbarer (2001) and Maria och Artur (2006) under his own name, but under his pen name he has written a series of crime novels about fictional group of Swedish crime investigators, called "A Gruppen" in Swedish, "die A-Gruppe" in the German translations, and "the Intercrime Group" in the first English translation. The books are translated into several languages. The first five books were made into 180-minute films and have been released on DVD with English subtitles in Sweden. The first, Misterioso, was screened on SVT1 in Sweden on 27 and 28 December 2011. The series was picked up by BBC 4 and screened on British television on Saturday nights as part of BBC 4's foreign crime series season starting in April 2013.
Works written as Arne Dahl
- Misterioso (1998; English translation by Tiina Nunnally: Misterioso, 2010 - US title / The Blinded Man 2012 - UK title) (set in 1997)
- Ont blod (1999) (set in 1998), made into Bad Blood, TV movie/mini-series (2012)[1]
- Upp till toppen av berget (2000) (set in 1999), (UK title: To the Top of the Mountain)[2]
- Europa Blues (2001) (set in 2000)
- De största vatten (2002) (set in 2001)
- En midsommarnattsdröm (2003) (set in 2002)
- Dödsmässa (2004) (set in 2003)
- Mörkertal (2005) (set in 2004)
- Efterskalv (2006) (set in 2005)
- Himmelsöga (2007) (set in 2006)
- Elva (2008) (set in 2007)
Works written as Jan Arnald
- Chiosmassakern (novel, 1990)
- Nalkanden (poetry collection, 1992)
- Genrernas tyranni (thesis, 1995)
- 3 variationer (prose, 1996)
- Klä i ord (stories, 1997)
- Barbarer (novel, 2001)
- Maria och Artur (novel, 2006)
- Intimus (novel, 2010)
Arne Dahl mini-series films
Each title split is split into two episodes, with each episode being 90 minutes in length.
- Misterioso (The Blinded Man / Misterioso)
- Ont blod (Bad Blood / Böses blut)
- Upp till toppen av berget (To the top of the Mountain / Falsche Opfer)
- De största vatten (Many Waters / Rosenrot)
- Europa blues (Europe Blues / Tiefer Schmerz)
Note: original Swedish title (English title / German title)
Season 1 (2011)
| Story No. | Episode No. | Title | Original Swedish air date[3] |
Original UK air date[4] |
Swedish ratings[5] | UK ratings[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The Blinded Man Part 1" "Misterioso Del 1" | 27 December 2011 | 6 April 2013 | 1,554,000 | 900,000 |
| 1 | 2 | "The Blinded Man Part 2" "Misterioso Del 2" | 28 December 2011 | 13 April 2013 | 1,449,000 | 736,000 |
| 2 | 3 | "Bad Blood Part 1" "Ont blod Del 1" | 21 October 2012 | 20 April 2013 | 1,114,000 | 683,000 |
| 2 | 4 | "Bad Blood Part 2" "Ont blod Del 2" | 28 October 2012 | 27 April 2013 | 995,000 | 581,000 |
| 3 | 5 | "To the Top of the Mountain Part 1" "Upp till toppen av berget Del 1" | 4 November 2012 | 4 May 2013 | 1,062,000 | 762,000 |
| 3 | 6 | "To the Top of the Mountain Part 2" "Upp till toppen av berget Del 2" | 11 November 2012 | 11 May 2013 | 1,034,000 | 695,000 |
| 4 | 7 | "Many Waters Part 1" "De störst vatten Del 1" | 18 November 2012 | 18 May 2013 | 1,151,000 | 656,000 |
| 4 | 8 | "Many Waters Part 2" "De störtsa vatten Del 2" | 25 November 2012 | 25 May 2013 | 1,046,000 | TBA |
| 5 | 9 | "Europa Blues Part 1" "Europa blues Del 1" | 2 December 2012 | 1 June 2013 | 1,022,000 | TBA |
| 5 | 10 | "Europa Blues Part 2" "Europa blues Del 2" | 9 December 2012 | 8 June 2013 | 1,117,000 | TBA |
Prizes and Awards
- 2003 The Palle Rosenkrantz prize, for Europa Blues
- 2005 Deutscher Krimi Preis, for Upp till toppen av berget
- 2006 Deutscher Krimi Preis, for Europa Blues
- 2007 Chosen by Reader's Digest as Europe's best crime novelist
- 2007 The Swedish Crime Writing Award
- 2010 The Radio Bremen Crime Fiction Award
- 2010 Nominated to European Crime Fiction Star Award 2010/11
References
- ^ IMDb Arne Dahl: Bad Blood Retrieved 2013-03-27
- ^ BBC Four - Arne Dahl. Accessed 6 May 2013
- ^ This refers to the original date of broadcast on SVT1.
- ^ This refers to the original date of broadcast on BBC Four.
- ^ As collected by Mediamätning Sverige. See [1], MMS (Last visited May 26, 2013). Template:Language icon
- ^ As collected by BARB. See BARB, Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (last visited May 26, 2013).
External links
- Jan Arnald official website (English)
- Jan Arnald at IMDb
- Arne Dahl mini-series films
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