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 2012, Idling published his debut novel, Song for an Approaching Storm, to critical acclaim.^[3][4][5][6] The book was nominated for August Prize^[7] and is being translated into seven languages.

Bibliography

• Pol Pots leende (Non fiction, 2006)^[8]
  • De glimlach van Pol Pot (Netherlands, 2009)^[9]
  • Pol Pots smil (Denmark, 2009)^[10]
  • Pol Pots smil (Norway, 2010)^[11]
  • Il sorriso di Pol Pot (Italy, 2010)^[12]
  • Uśmiech Pol Pota (Poland, 2010)^[13]
  • Pol Pots lächeln (Germany, 2013)^[14]
  • Улыбка Пол Пота (Russia, 2014)^[15]

• Sång till den storm som ska komma (Novel, 2012)^[16]
  • De fatale driehoek (Netherlands, 2013)^[17]
  • Laulu nousevalle myrskylle (Finland, 2013)^[18]
  • Sang til den storm som skal komme (Norway, 2014)^[19]
  • Song for an approaching storm (United Kingdom, 2014)^[20]
  • Canto della tempesta che verrà (Italy, 2014)^[21]
  • Sang til den storm, der skal komme (Denmark, 2014)^[22]
  • Gesang für einen aufziehenden sturm (Germany, 2015)

Awards and honours

2007 Dagens Nyheters kulturpris, shortlist, Pol Pot's Smile^[23]

2010 Ryszard Kapuściński Award for literary reportage, shortlist, Pol Pot's Smile^[24]

2011 Jan Michalski Prize for Literature, shortlist, Pol Pot's Smile^[25]

2012 August Prize, shortlist, Song for an approaching storm^[26]

References