Awards & Winners

Maj Sjöwall

Date of Birth 25-September-1935
Place of Birth Stockholm
(Sweden, Stockholm County, Stockholm Municipality)
Nationality Sweden
Also know as Maj Sjowall, Sjöwall
Profession Writer, Translator, Journalist, Novelist
Maj Sjöwall is a Swedish author and translator. She is best known for the collaborative work with her partner Per Wahlöö on a series of ten novels about the exploits of Martin Beck, a police detective in Stockholm. In 1971, the fourth of these books, The Laughing Policeman won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Novel and was adapted into the film The Laughing Policeman starring Walter Matthau. They also wrote novels separately. Sjöwall had a 13 year relationship with Wahlöö which lasted until his death in 1975. She is a former Marxist, as was Wahlöö.

Awards by Maj Sjöwall

Check all the awards nominated and won by Maj Sjöwall.

1971


Edgar Award for Best Novel
Honored for : The Laughing Policeman

Nominations 1971 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Edgar Award for Best Novel The Laughing Policeman