Göran Rosenberg
Göran Jakob Rosenberg (born 11 October 1948)[1] is a Swedish journalist and author.
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Biography and career
Rosenberg was born in Södertälje, Sweden, the son of David and Hala Rosenberg from Łódź in Poland, who both came to Sweden after having survived Nazi concentration camps during World War II. He has written about his father's story and his childhood in the book A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz (2012).[2]
Rosenberg has worked at Sveriges Radio and Sveriges Television; 1979–85, he was host and reporter of the current affairs programme Magasinet. In 1990, he founded the magazine Moderna tider, which he was editor-in-chief of until 1999, and he also hosted the current affairs programme with the same name which was broadcast in TV3. From 1991 to 2011, he worked as columnist at Dagens Nyheter. Since 2012, he writes for Expressen.[3]
He is the father of actress Vanna Rosenberg.
Awards and recognition
- 1993 Stora Journalistpriset
- 2000 Honorary degree at the University of Gothenburg
- 2012 August Prize for A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz
- 2014 Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger Essay for A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz
Selected bibliography
- 1991 - Friare kan ingen vara: den amerikanska idén från revolution till Reagan
- 1993 - Medborgaren som försvann
- 1994 - Da Capo al Fine
- 1996 - Det förlorade landet -en personlig historia
- 2000 - Tankar om journalistik
- 2004 - Plikten, profiten och konsten att vara människa
- 2006 - Utan facit
- 2012 - A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz
References
- 933 (Vem är det: Svensk biografisk handbok/1993)
- Philippe Sands (7 November 2014) 'A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz', by Göran Rosenberg Financial Times.
- Göran Rosenberg, Kultur - Expressen