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For Swedish Translation

2006 Sarah Death Snow by Ellen Mattson ( Jonathan Cape) Runner up: Tom Geddes Hash by Torgny Lindgren (Duckworth)

2003 Sarah Death The Angel House by Kerstin Ekman (Norvik Press) Runner up: Tom Geddes Sweetness by Torgny Lindgren (Harvill)

2000 Anna Paterson The Forest of Hours by Kerstin Ekman (Chatto & Windus) Highly Commended: Sarah Death Money by Victoria Benedictsson (Norvik Press)

1997 Michael Robinson August Strindberg Selected Essays by August Strindberg (CUP)

1994 David McDuff A Valley in the Midst of Violence by Gösta Agren (Bloodaxe)

1991 Tom Geddes The Way of a Serpent by Torgny Lindgren (Harvill)