Peter Fröberg Idling
{{short description|Swedish writer and a literary critic (born 1972)}}
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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.{{cite web| url = http://www.phnompenhpost.com/7days/pol-pot’s-broken-heart-can-failed-romance-create-tyrant| title = Pol Pot's broken heart: Can a failed romance create a tyrant ? {{!}} Phnom Penh Post}} His first book of literary nonfiction, Pol Pots leende (Pol Pot's Smile),{{Cite web|url=http://wordswithoutborders.org/article/from-pol-pots-smile|title = From "Pol Pot's Smile"| date=2 October 2009 }} was translated into seven languages and shortlisted for several literary awards. In 2015 it was adapted for the stage and premiered in Berlin.{{Cite web |url=http://www.theaterdiscounter.de/stuecke/pol-pots-laecheln |title=POL POTS LÄCHELN im Theaterdiscounter |access-date=2015-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210193024/http://www.theaterdiscounter.de/stuecke/pol-pots-laecheln |archive-date=2015-12-10 |url-status=dead }}
In 2012, Idling published his debut novel, Song for an Approaching Storm, to critical acclaim.{{cite web |title=Song for an Approaching Storm by Peter Fröberg Idling, review |website=The Daily Telegraph |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326050543/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/10757061/Song-for-an-Approaching-Storm-by-Peter-Froberg-Idling-review.html |archive-date=2023-03-26 |url-status=live |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/10757061/Song-for-an-Approaching-Storm-by-Peter-Froberg-Idling-review.html}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.svd.se/kultur/litteratur/imponerande-romandebut_7465472.svd|title = Imponerande romandebut om diktatorn Pol Pot|newspaper = Svenska Dagbladet|date = 3 September 2012|last1 = Leandoer|first1 = Kristoffer}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.expressen.se/kultur/peter-froberg-idling-sang-till-den-storm-som-ska-komma/|title = Peter Fröberg Idling:Sång till den storm som ska komma| date=30 August 2012 }} The book was nominated for the August Prize,{{Cite web|url=http://www.augustpriset.se/nyheter/nominerade-till-augustpriset-2012|title=Nominerade till Augustpriset 2012 | Augustpriset|access-date=2014-10-04|archive-date=2016-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203044858/http://www.augustpriset.se/nyheter/nominerade-till-augustpriset-2012|url-status=dead}} the Dublin Literary Award{{Cite web|url=http://www.dublinliteraryaward.ie/nominees/song-for-an-approaching-storm/|title = Song for an Approaching Storm – DUBLIN Literary Award| date=3 September 2019 }} 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,https://www.moussepublishing.com/?product=giovanna-silva-cambodia {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} written together with the Italian photographer Giovanna Silva.
His fourth book, the horror novel "Nidamörkur" was published in 2020.
Bibliography
- Pol Pots leende (Non fiction, 2006){{Cite web|url=http://www.bokforlagetatlas.se/bok/pol-pots-leende/|title=Pol Pots leende}}
- De glimlach van Pol Pot (Netherlands, 2009){{Cite web|url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/recensies/peter-froberg-idling-de-glimlach-van-pol-pot~a316100/|title = Peter Fröberg Idling - de glimlach van Pol Pot|date = 20 February 2009}}
- Pol Pots smil (Denmark, 2009){{Cite web|url=http://www.information.dk/207204|title = Selvbedragets anatomi|date = 14 October 2009}}
- Pol Pots smil (Norway, 2010){{cite web| url = http://www.dagbladet.no/2009/02/16/kultur/litteratur/bokmandag_boklista/anmeldelser/4876266/| title = Ingenting å flire av, akkurat| date = 16 February 2009}}
- Il sorriso di Pol Pot (Italy, 2010){{Cite book|url=http://www.wuz.it/recensione-libro/5225/sorriso-Pol-Pot-Peter-Froberg-Idling.html|title=Il Il sorriso di Pol Pot}}
- Uśmiech Pol Pota (Poland, 2010){{Cite web|url=http://www.polskieradio.pl/24/289/Artykul/258642,Usmiech-Pol-Pota-|title=Uśmiech Pol Pota}}
- Pol Pots Lächeln (Germany, 2013){{Cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/rezension-pol-pots-laecheln-von-peter-froeberg-idling-a-890956.html|title = Rezension: "Pol Pots Lächeln" von Peter Fröberg Idling|newspaper = Der Spiegel|date = April 2013|last1 = Piegsa|first1 = Oskar}}
- Улыбка Пол Пота (Russia, 2014){{Cite web|url=http://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2014/06/28_a_6089829.shtml|title = "У власти в Камбодже сейчас преемники Пол Пота"}}
- Pol Potov úsmev (Slovakia, 2017){{Cite web|url=https://www.absynt.sk/pol-potov-usmev|title = 10,79 € | Pol Potov úsmev}}
- Sång till den storm som ska komma (Novel, 2012){{Cite web|url=http://www.nok.se/Allmanlitteratur/Bocker/Skonlitteratur/Svenska-berattare/Sang-till-den-storm-som-ska-komma/|title = Hem}}
- De fatale driehoek (Netherlands, 2013)http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/5009/Archief/archief/article/detail/3463472/2013/06/22/De-idealen-van-Pol-Pot.dhtml {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}
- Laulu nousevalle myrskylle (Finland, 2013){{Cite web|url=http://www.teos.fi/kirjat/kaikki/2013-syksy/laulu-nousevalle-myrskylle.html|title=Teos.fi}}
- Sang til den storm som skal komme (Norway, 2014){{cite web |url=http://www.dagsavisen.no/kultur/alle-anmeldelser/bokanmeldelse/despoten-som-ung-mann/ |title=Despoten som ung mann - Dagsavisen |accessdate=2014-10-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20141119125220/http://www.dagsavisen.no/kultur/alle-anmeldelser/bokanmeldelse/despoten-som-ung-mann/ |archivedate=2014-11-19 }}
- Song for an approaching storm (United Kingdom, 2014)
- Canto della tempesta che verrà (Italy, 2014){{Cite web|url=http://leviedellasia.corriere.it/2014/09/07/pol-pot-innamorato-un-romanzo-dalla-svezia/|title=Pol Pot innamorato: Un romanzo dalla Svezia}}
- Sang til den storm, der skal komme (Denmark, 2014){{cite web | url=http://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/kultur/2014-09-02/kamp-og-kærlighed | title=Kamp og kærlighed | date=2 September 2014 }}
- Gesang für einen aufziehenden Sturm (Germany, 2015)
- Julia & Paul (Novel, 2017)
- 17 April 1975. A Cambodian Journey (Photo essay, with Giovanna Silva, 2018)
- Nidamörkur (Novel, 2020)
Awards and honours
2007 Dagens Nyheters kulturpris, shortlist, Pol Pot's Smile{{Cite news|url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/bocker/nominerad-peter-froberg-idling/|title=Nominerad: Peter Fröberg Idling|newspaper=Dagens Nyheter|date=10 April 2007}}
2010 Ryszard Kapuściński Award for literary reportage, shortlist, Pol Pot's Smile{{cite web| url = http://culture.pl/en/event/2011-kapuscinski-award-finalists-announced| title = 2011 Kapuściński Award Finalists Announced {{!}} Event {{!}} Culture.pl}}
2011 Jan Michalski Prize for Literature, shortlist, Pol Pot's Smilehttp://www.fondation-janmichalski.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/110614_Synthese_Idling_en.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}
2012 Johan Hansson Award, "Song for an approaching storm" {{Cite web |url=https://www.nok.se/Om-oss/Stiftelseverksamheten/Priser-och-stipendier/Johan-Hansson-stipendiet/Tidigare-ars-stipendiater/ |title=Tidigare års Johan Hansson-stipendiater - Natur och Kultur |access-date=2015-11-25 |archive-date=2015-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126002644/https://www.nok.se/Om-oss/Stiftelseverksamheten/Priser-och-stipendier/Johan-Hansson-stipendiet/Tidigare-ars-stipendiater/ |url-status=dead }}
2012 August Prize, shortlist, Song for an approaching storm{{Cite web|url=http://www.augustpriset.se/nyheter/nominerade-till-augustpriset-2012|title=Nominerade till Augustpriset 2012 | Augustpriset|access-date=2014-10-04|archive-date=2016-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203044858/http://www.augustpriset.se/nyheter/nominerade-till-augustpriset-2012|url-status=dead}}
2015 International Dublin Literary Award, longlist, "Song for an approaching storm" {{Cite web|url=http://www.dublinliteraryaward.ie/nominees/song-for-an-approaching-storm/|title = Song for an Approaching Storm – DUBLIN Literary Award| date=3 September 2019 }}
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