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]

Peter Fröberg Idling

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

His third book, the novel Julia & Paul, was published in 2017. It was followed a year later by 17 April 1975. A Cambodian Journey,[9] written together with the Italian photographer Giovanna Silva.

Bibliography

  • Pol Pots leende (Non fiction, 2006)[10]
    • De glimlach van Pol Pot (Netherlands, 2009)[11]
    • Pol Pots smil (Denmark, 2009)[12]
    • Pol Pots smil (Norway, 2010)[13]
    • Il sorriso di Pol Pot (Italy, 2010)[14]
    • Uśmiech Pol Pota (Poland, 2010)[15]
    • Pol Pots Lächeln (Germany, 2013)[16]
    • Улыбка Пол Пота (Russia, 2014)[17]
    • Pol Potov úsmev (Slovakia, 2017)[18]
  • Sång till den storm som ska komma (Novel, 2012)[19]
    • De fatale driehoek (Netherlands, 2013)[20]
    • Laulu nousevalle myrskylle (Finland, 2013)[21]
    • Sang til den storm som skal komme (Norway, 2014)[22]
    • Song for an approaching storm (United Kingdom, 2014)
    • Canto della tempesta che verrà (Italy, 2014)[23]
    • Sang til den storm, der skal komme (Denmark, 2014)[24]
    • Gesang für einen aufziehenden Sturm (Germany, 2015)

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 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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-10. Retrieved 2015-12-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/10757061/Song-for-an-Approaching-Storm-by-Peter-Froberg-Idling-review.html
  5. http://www.svd.se/kultur/litteratur/imponerande-romandebut_7465472.svd
  6. http://www.expressen.se/kultur/peter-froberg-idling-sang-till-den-storm-som-ska-komma/
  7. http://www.augustpriset.se/nyheter/nominerade-till-augustpriset-2012
  8. http://www.dublinliteraryaward.ie/nominees/song-for-an-approaching-storm/
  9. https://www.moussepublishing.com/?product=giovanna-silva-cambodia
  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. https://www.absynt.sk/pol-potov-usmev
  19. http://www.nok.se/Allmanlitteratur/Bocker/Skonlitteratur/Svenska-berattare/Sang-till-den-storm-som-ska-komma/
  20. http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/5009/Archief/archief/article/detail/3463472/2013/06/22/De-idealen-van-Pol-Pot.dhtml
  21. http://www.teos.fi/kirjat/kaikki/2013-syksy/laulu-nousevalle-myrskylle.html
  22. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-19. Retrieved 2014-10-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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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