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The Emperor of Lies
First edition
Author	Steve Sem-Sandberg
Original title	De fattiga i Łódź
Language	Swedish
Published	2009
Publisher	Albert Bonniers Förlag
Publication place	Sweden
Awards	August Prize of 2009

The Emperor of Lies (Swedish: De fattiga i Łódź, lit. 'The Poor in Łódź') is a 2009 novel by Swedish author Steve Sem-Sandberg. It won the August Prize in 2009.^[1] The book has so far been translated into 25 languages worldwide and has become a bestseller in many countries. A new Swedish edition, in large pocket format, was published in December 2020.

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^ "Augustpriset genom åren | Augustpriset".

v t e August Prize for Best Fiction
Best book (1989–1991)	1989: Tecknens rike – Cecilia Lindqvist 1990: De sotarna! De sotarna! – Lars Ahlin 1991: Livets ax – Sven Delblanc
1990s	1992: Medan tiden tänker på annat – Niklas Rådström 1993: Blackwater – Kerstin Ekman 1994: Synden – Björn Ranelid 1995: Sweetness – Torgny Lindgren 1996: The Sorrow Gondola – Tomas Tranströmer 1997: April Witch – Majgull Axelsson 1998: Berömda män som varit i Sunne – Göran Tunström 1999: The Visit of the Royal Physician – Per Olov Enquist
2000s	2000: Popular Music from Vittula – Mikael Niemi 2001: Underdog – Torbjörn Flygt 2002: The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot – Carl-Johan Vallgren 2003: Lottery Scratchcards – Kerstin Ekman 2004: Gregorius – Bengt Ohlsson 2005: The American Girl – Monika Fagerholm 2006: Svinalängorna – Susanna Alakoski 2007: Stundande natten – Carl-Henning Wijkmark 2008: Ett annat liv – Per Olov Enquist 2009: The Emperor of Lies – Steve Sem-Sandberg
2010s	2010: Spill. En damroman – Sigrid Combüchen 2011: Korparna – Tomas Bannerhed 2012: A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz – Göran Rosenberg 2013: Wilful Disregard – Lena Andersson 2014: Liv till varje pris – Kristina Sandberg 2015: Allt jag inte minns – Jonas Hassen Khemiri 2016: De polyglotta älskarna – Lina Wolff 2017: De kommer att drunkna i sina mödrars tårar – Johannes Anyuru 2018: Ædnan – Linnea Axelsson 2019: Osebol – Marit Kapla
2020s	2020: Samlade verk – Lydia Sandgren 2021: Eufori: en roman om Sylvia Plath – Elin Cullhed 2022: Detaljerna – Ia Genberg

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