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

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]
Sång till den storm som ska komma (Novel, 2012)^[18]
- De fatale driehoek (Netherlands, 2013)^[19]
- Laulu nousevalle myrskylle (Finland, 2013)^[20]
- Sang til den storm som skal komme (Norway, 2014)^[21]
- Song for an approaching storm (United Kingdom, 2014)^[22]
- 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 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, longlist, "Song for an approaching storm" ^[30]

References

[1] ttp://www.phnompenhpost.com/7days/pol-pot’s-broken-heart-can-failed-romance-create-tyrant

[2] ttp://wordswithoutborders.org/article/from-pol-pots-smile

[3] ttp://www.theaterdiscounter.de/stuecke/pol-pots-laecheln

[4] ttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/10757061/Song-for-an-Approaching-Storm-by-Peter-Froberg-Idling-review.html

[5] ttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-2580013/HISTORICAL-FICTION.html

[6] ttp://www.svd.se/kultur/litteratur/imponerande-romandebut_7465472.svd

[7] ttp://www.expressen.se/kultur/peter-froberg-idling-sang-till-den-storm-som-ska-komma/

[8] ttp://www.augustpriset.se/nyheter/nominerade-till-augustpriset-2012

[9] ttp://www.dublinliteraryaward.ie/nominees/song-for-an-approaching-storm/

[10] ttp://www.bokforlagetatlas.se/bok/pol-pots-leende/

[11] ttp://www.volkskrant.nl/recensies/peter-froberg-idling-de-glimlach-van-pol-pot~a316100/

[12] ttp://www.information.dk/207204

[13] ttp://www.dagbladet.no/2009/02/16/kultur/litteratur/bokmandag_boklista/anmeldelser/4876266/

[14] ttp://www.wuz.it/recensione-libro/5225/sorriso-Pol-Pot-Peter-Froberg-Idling.html

[15] ttp://www.polskieradio.pl/24/289/Artykul/258642,Usmiech-Pol-Pota-

[16] ttp://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/rezension-pol-pots-laecheln-von-peter-froeberg-idling-a-890956.html

[17] ttp://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2014/06/28_a_6089829.shtml

[18] ttp://www.nok.se/Allmanlitteratur/Bocker/Skonlitteratur/Svenska-berattare/Sang-till-den-storm-som-ska-komma/

[19] ttp://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/5009/Archief/archief/article/detail/3463472/2013/06/22/De-idealen-van-Pol-Pot.dhtml

[20] ttp://www.teos.fi/kirjat/kaikki/2013-syksy/laulu-nousevalle-myrskylle.html

[21] ttp://www.dagsavisen.no/kultur/alle-anmeldelser/bokanmeldelse/despoten-som-ung-mann/

[22] ttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-2580013/HISTORICAL-FICTION.html

[23] ttp://leviedellasia.corriere.it/2014/09/07/pol-pot-innamorato-un-romanzo-dalla-svezia/

[24] ttp://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/kultur/2014-09-02/kamp-og-kærlighed

[25] ttp://www.dn.se/dnbok/nominerad-peter-froberg-idling/

[26] ttp://culture.pl/en/event/2011-kapuscinski-award-finalists-announced

[27] ttp://www.fondation-janmichalski.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/110614_Synthese_Idling_en.pdf

[28] ttps://www.nok.se/Om-oss/Stiftelseverksamheten/Priser-och-stipendier/Johan-Hansson-stipendiet/Tidigare-ars-stipendiater/

[29] ttp://www.augustpriset.se/nyheter/nominerade-till-augustpriset-2012

[30] ttp://www.dublinliteraryaward.ie/nominees/song-for-an-approaching-storm/

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