Peter Fröberg Idling

Peter Fröberg Idling

Peter Fröberg Idling (born 1972, in Stockholm) is a Swedish writer and a literary critic. He graduated from law school and spent two years in Cambodia working as a legal advisor to a human rights organisation.[1] His first book of literary nonfiction, Pol Pots leende (Pol Pot's Smile),[2] was translated into seven languages and shortlisted for several literary awards. In 2015 it was adapted for the stage and premiered in Berlin.[3]

In 2012, Idling published his debut novel, Song for an Approaching Storm, to critical acclaim.[4][5][6][7] The book was nominated for the August Prize,[8] the Dublin Literary Award[9] and is being translated into seven languages.

Bibliography

Awards and honours

2007 Dagens Nyheters kulturpris, shortlist, Pol Pot's Smile[25]

2010 Ryszard Kapuściński Award for literary reportage, shortlist, Pol Pot's Smile[26]

2011 Jan Michalski Prize for Literature, shortlist, Pol Pot's Smile[27]

2012 Johan Hansson Award, "Song for an approaching storm" [28]

2012 August Prize, shortlist, Song for an approaching storm[29]

2015 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, longlist, "Song for an approaching storm" [30]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.phnompenhpost.com/7days/pol-pot’s-broken-heart-can-failed-romance-create-tyrant
  2. ↑ http://wordswithoutborders.org/article/from-pol-pots-smile
  3. ↑ http://www.theaterdiscounter.de/stuecke/pol-pots-laecheln
  4. ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/10757061/Song-for-an-Approaching-Storm-by-Peter-Froberg-Idling-review.html
  5. ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-2580013/HISTORICAL-FICTION.html
  6. ↑ http://www.svd.se/kultur/litteratur/imponerande-romandebut_7465472.svd
  7. ↑ http://www.expressen.se/kultur/peter-froberg-idling-sang-till-den-storm-som-ska-komma/
  8. ↑ http://www.augustpriset.se/nyheter/nominerade-till-augustpriset-2012
  9. ↑ http://www.dublinliteraryaward.ie/nominees/song-for-an-approaching-storm/
  10. ↑ http://www.bokforlagetatlas.se/bok/pol-pots-leende/
  11. ↑ http://www.volkskrant.nl/recensies/peter-froberg-idling-de-glimlach-van-pol-pot~a316100/
  12. ↑ http://www.information.dk/207204
  13. ↑ http://www.dagbladet.no/2009/02/16/kultur/litteratur/bokmandag_boklista/anmeldelser/4876266/
  14. ↑ http://www.wuz.it/recensione-libro/5225/sorriso-Pol-Pot-Peter-Froberg-Idling.html
  15. ↑ http://www.polskieradio.pl/24/289/Artykul/258642,Usmiech-Pol-Pota-
  16. ↑ http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/rezension-pol-pots-laecheln-von-peter-froeberg-idling-a-890956.html
  17. ↑ http://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2014/06/28_a_6089829.shtml
  18. ↑ http://www.nok.se/Allmanlitteratur/Bocker/Skonlitteratur/Svenska-berattare/Sang-till-den-storm-som-ska-komma/
  19. ↑ http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/5009/Archief/archief/article/detail/3463472/2013/06/22/De-idealen-van-Pol-Pot.dhtml
  20. ↑ http://www.teos.fi/kirjat/kaikki/2013-syksy/laulu-nousevalle-myrskylle.html
  21. ↑ http://www.dagsavisen.no/kultur/alle-anmeldelser/bokanmeldelse/despoten-som-ung-mann/
  22. ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-2580013/HISTORICAL-FICTION.html
  23. ↑ http://leviedellasia.corriere.it/2014/09/07/pol-pot-innamorato-un-romanzo-dalla-svezia/
  24. ↑ http://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/kultur/2014-09-02/kamp-og-kærlighed
  25. ↑ http://www.dn.se/dnbok/nominerad-peter-froberg-idling/
  26. ↑ http://culture.pl/en/event/2011-kapuscinski-award-finalists-announced
  27. ↑ http://www.fondation-janmichalski.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/110614_Synthese_Idling_en.pdf
  28. ↑ https://www.nok.se/Om-oss/Stiftelseverksamheten/Priser-och-stipendier/Johan-Hansson-stipendiet/Tidigare-ars-stipendiater/
  29. ↑ http://www.augustpriset.se/nyheter/nominerade-till-augustpriset-2012
  30. ↑ http://www.dublinliteraryaward.ie/nominees/song-for-an-approaching-storm/
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