Peter Pohl
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Peter Pohl, born is a Swedish
author
and former director
and screenwriter
of short films.
He has received prizes for several of his books and films, as well as for his entire work.
From 1966 until his retirement in 2005, he was lecturer in Numerical analysis
at the Royal Institute of Technology
in Stockholm
, Sweden.
, Germany
.
He lost his father during World War II
and moved to Sweden with his mother in 1945, where he started school in 1947.
He went to the Södra Latin gymnasium in Stockholm
until 1959.
During this period, he engaged in medium-distance running
, with good results, but he quit running when he was 19 years old.
From his 15th until his 30th (1970), Pohl was part of the schools summercamp at Värmdö
and later at Blidö
.
This period of his life is described in the books that form the Rainbow Series and are of particular influence of his other books.
He studied mathematics
and physics
and was a research assistant
at the Swedish Defence Research Establishment for several years, starting in 1963.
Pohl soon returned to university in order to graduate at the Royal Institute of Technology
in Stockholm, where he received his doctorate
in Numerical analysis
in 1975.
He became a lecturer in Numerical analysis
and wrote several textbooks on this subject.
Pohl started filming in 1980 and won various prizes for his work.
His writing career started in 1983 and two years later he published his first and most successful book, translated in English as Johnny, My Friend
.
Since then, he has published 26 works of fiction.
He retired as a lecturer in 2005.
Most of them were published in the 1980s and many have won various prices, from, among others, the Union Internationale du Cinéma
, Swedish short film and video, and Nordic short film.
Pohl has made a number of short films, mainly in the 1980s.
His fiction is mostly drama, but also includes two works of poetry, a book with fairy tales and a "picture book without pictures" that defies categorisation.
In most of his books, children and teenagers are the main characters.
He considers this to be the most important period of a life.
Typical themes are loneliness, betrayal, lies, a longing for friendship, death.
On his website, he writes that he does so because it is reality for many adults, youths and kids, and it would be a shame to be silent about that
.
Of his drama, two books were translated into English
: Johnny, My Friend
about a mysterious new boy in the neighborhood, and I miss you, I miss you!
about the loss of a twin sister.
In total, 13 of his books have been translated into 13 languages, mostly in Norwegian
, Danish
and German
, but more recently also in languages such as Estonian
and Polish
.
Among the books he published in the first four years of his writer career are three of the autobiographical books that form the rainbow series.
Those are true and about his own life
Those start with Regnbågen har bara åtta färger (The rainbow has only eight colours).
In this book, Pohl described his early childhood, starting immediately after he moved to Sweden, until he was eight years old.
The story takes place between 1945 and 1948.
It is followed by Medan regnbågen bleknar (While the rainbow is fading), covering the period 1949 - 1952.
Vilja växa (Want to grow up) described the period 1952 - 1958.
The fourth book, Vi kallar honom Anna
, he describes one year, particularly one summer, where he, part of the summercamp organisation, observes how a teenage boy is severely bullied.
This book was published before Medan regnbågen bleknar and Vilja växa, just shortly after Regnbågen har bara åtta färger, and received a lot of attention and prizes.
The final book in the series is Klara papper är ett måste, which starts in 1966.
Additionally, the book De Stora Penslarnas lek, which Pohl describes as a starting point for his writing, contains fairy tales, based on the fairy tales from the grandfather in Regnbågen har bara åtta färger.
Other books, such as I miss you, I miss you!
and Sekten are based on true stories that came to him directly or indirectly.
Some of his books were originally published as adult literature, but later recategorised as books for youth.
Pohl does not consider himself himself an author of primarily youth literature.
However, some books were written for children.
Examples are Glittras uppdrag, a fairy tale about an angel that protects a six year old boy, and Malins kung Gurra, written for a contest organised by publisher Rabén & Sjögren
.
En röd sten till Carina (A red stone to Carina), 1993
Vill dig (Want you), 1994. Poems.
Vilja växa (Want to grow up), 1994.
När alla ljuger (When all are lying), 1995.
Minns det (Remember that), 1996. Poems.
Men jag glömmer dig inte (But I won't forget you), 1997.
Prizes:
Intet bortom det yttersta, 1998.
Prizes:
Klara papper är ett måste, 1998
Tillsammans kan vi förändra världen (Together we can change the world), 1998. "Picture book without pictures"
Man kan inte säga allt, 1999.
Jag är kvar hos er (I am still with you), 2000
Tusen kolor, 2002.
Sekten (The sect), 2005.
Nu heter jag Nirak (Now my name is Nirak), 2007.
Anton, jag gillar dig! (Anton, I love you!), 2008. Not published yet.
): 26, soon 27
; ; ; ; ; English
, Finnish
, ; French
, Italian
, Low German
, Slovenian
, ; Total: 13 books have been translated into at least one language. In total, the books have been translated to 13 different languages.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
author
Author
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and former director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
of short films.
He has received prizes for several of his books and films, as well as for his entire work.
From 1966 until his retirement in 2005, he was lecturer in Numerical analysis
Numerical analysis
Numerical analysis is the study of algorithms that use numerical approximation for the problems of mathematical analysis ....
at the Royal Institute of Technology
Royal Institute of Technology
The Royal Institute of Technology is a university in Stockholm, Sweden. KTH was founded in 1827 as Sweden's first polytechnic and is one of Scandinavia's largest institutions of higher education in technology. KTH accounts for one-third of Sweden’s technical research and engineering education...
in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden.
Biography
Peter Pohl was born on 5 December 1940 in HamburgHamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
.
He lost his father during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
and moved to Sweden with his mother in 1945, where he started school in 1947.
He went to the Södra Latin gymnasium in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
until 1959.
During this period, he engaged in medium-distance running
Running
Running is a means of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot. It is simply defined in athletics terms as a gait in which at regular points during the running cycle both feet are off the ground...
, with good results, but he quit running when he was 19 years old.
From his 15th until his 30th (1970), Pohl was part of the schools summercamp at Värmdö
Värmdö
Värmdö can mean:*Värmdö Municipality - a municipality of Stockholm County in Sweden, named after the island Värmdön*Värmdö - a large island in eastern Sweden, in Värmdö Municipality...
and later at Blidö
Blidö
Blidö is an island in the Stockholm archipelago and a part of the Norrtälje Municipality.The journalist and author Ture Nerman owned a summer house on Blidö from 1919 until 1969....
.
This period of his life is described in the books that form the Rainbow Series and are of particular influence of his other books.
He studied mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
and physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
and was a research assistant
Research assistant
A research assistant is a researcher employed, often on a temporary contract, by a university or a research institute, for the purpose of assisting in academic research...
at the Swedish Defence Research Establishment for several years, starting in 1963.
Pohl soon returned to university in order to graduate at the Royal Institute of Technology
Royal Institute of Technology
The Royal Institute of Technology is a university in Stockholm, Sweden. KTH was founded in 1827 as Sweden's first polytechnic and is one of Scandinavia's largest institutions of higher education in technology. KTH accounts for one-third of Sweden’s technical research and engineering education...
in Stockholm, where he received his doctorate
Doctor (title)
Doctor, as a title, originates from the Latin word of the same spelling and meaning. The word is originally an agentive noun of the Latin verb docēre . It has been used as an honored academic title for over a millennium in Europe, where it dates back to the rise of the university. This use spread...
in Numerical analysis
Numerical analysis
Numerical analysis is the study of algorithms that use numerical approximation for the problems of mathematical analysis ....
in 1975.
He became a lecturer in Numerical analysis
Numerical analysis
Numerical analysis is the study of algorithms that use numerical approximation for the problems of mathematical analysis ....
and wrote several textbooks on this subject.
Pohl started filming in 1980 and won various prizes for his work.
His writing career started in 1983 and two years later he published his first and most successful book, translated in English as Johnny, My Friend
Johnny, My Friend
Johnny, My Friend, , is the first novel by the Swedish author Peter Pohl -Plot summary:Johnny, My Friend is narrated by 12-year-old Krille. Krille is a naive youth, having grown up in a safe, supporting family in 1950s Stockholm...
.
Since then, he has published 26 works of fiction.
He retired as a lecturer in 2005.
Director
Before he published his first book, Pohl created a number of short films.Most of them were published in the 1980s and many have won various prices, from, among others, the Union Internationale du Cinéma
Union Internationale du Cinéma
UNICA aka Union Internationale du Cinéma Non Professionel, also UNION INTERNATIONALE DU CINÉMA, is an international umbrella for national non-commercial film making organisations.UNICA is an independent international organization....
, Swedish short film and video, and Nordic short film.
Pohl has made a number of short films, mainly in the 1980s.
Filmography
- Nyckeln (The key), 1981, 15 minutes. It has been awarded several prices:
- Viktor (1st price in amateur category) from Svensk Smalfilm och Video (now Sveriges Film- och Videoförbund, SFV), 1982.
- Silver medal and editing price (klippningspriset) at Nordisk Smalfilm, 1982.
- 1st price in the category Fantasy and 5th price in al categories, short film contest, Argentina, 1982.
- Du har ju mej! (But you have me!), 1982, 20 minutes. Won the bronze prize and the actor prize at Svensk Smalfilm och Video in 1982.
- Medan nålen vandrar, 1982, 18 minutes.
- Visiten (The visit), 1982, 12 minutes.
- Alla klockor stannar (All clocks stop), 1983, 27 minutes.
- Resan till havet (The journey to the sea), 1984, 23 minutes. The contents are similar to those in his book Havet inom oss (the sea inside us).
- Bronze medal at Svensk Smalfilm och Video, 1986.
- Muntlig tentamen (Oral exam), 1984.
- Bronze medal at Svensk Smalfilm och Video, 1984.
- Bronze medal at Union Internationale du CinémaUnion Internationale du CinémaUNICA aka Union Internationale du Cinéma Non Professionel, also UNION INTERNATIONALE DU CINÉMA, is an international umbrella for national non-commercial film making organisations.UNICA is an independent international organization....
(UNICA), European short film contest in the German Democratic RepublicGerman Democratic RepublicThe German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
, 1984.
- Stipendiet (The scholarship), 1985, 20 minutes.
- Director prize and prize for best female actor, Sandy gala, VästeråsVästeråsVästerås is a city in central Sweden, located on the shore of Lake Mälaren in the province Västmanland, some 100 km west of Stockholm...
, 1987. - Silver medal and actor prize at Svensk Smalfilm och Video, 1988.
- Director prize and prize for best female actor, Sandy gala, Västerås
- Ja, jag kommer! (Yes, I'm coming!), 1986, 16 minutes.
- Gunga flöjt.
- Bronze medal at Svensk Smalfilm och Video, 1989.
- Det blir bättre nästa gång (It will be better next time), 1989, 20 minutes.
- Silver medal and actor prize at Svensk Smalfilm och Video, 1991.
- Siver medal at Nordisk Smalfilm
- Gold medal and prize for best film at UNICA, European short film contest in SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, 1991.
- Änglar behövs dom? (Angels, are they needed?), 1990. This film was made after his book Glittras Uppdrag (Glittras assignment)
Author
Pohl has published a total number of 35 books: 9 textbooks and 26 works of fiction. He is primarily known for his works of fiction.His fiction is mostly drama, but also includes two works of poetry, a book with fairy tales and a "picture book without pictures" that defies categorisation.
In most of his books, children and teenagers are the main characters.
He considers this to be the most important period of a life.
Typical themes are loneliness, betrayal, lies, a longing for friendship, death.
On his website, he writes that he does so because it is reality for many adults, youths and kids, and it would be a shame to be silent about that
.
Of his drama, two books were translated into English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
: Johnny, My Friend
Johnny, My Friend
Johnny, My Friend, , is the first novel by the Swedish author Peter Pohl -Plot summary:Johnny, My Friend is narrated by 12-year-old Krille. Krille is a naive youth, having grown up in a safe, supporting family in 1950s Stockholm...
about a mysterious new boy in the neighborhood, and I miss you, I miss you!
I miss you, I miss you!
I Miss You, I Miss You!, , is a novel by Swedish author Peter Pohl and Kinna Gieth -Plot summary:...
about the loss of a twin sister.
In total, 13 of his books have been translated into 13 languages, mostly in Norwegian
Norwegian language
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...
, Danish
Danish language
Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
and German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, but more recently also in languages such as Estonian
Estonian language
Estonian is the official language of Estonia, spoken by about 1.1 million people in Estonia and tens of thousands in various émigré communities...
and Polish
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
.
Among the books he published in the first four years of his writer career are three of the autobiographical books that form the rainbow series.
Those are true and about his own life
Those start with Regnbågen har bara åtta färger (The rainbow has only eight colours).
In this book, Pohl described his early childhood, starting immediately after he moved to Sweden, until he was eight years old.
The story takes place between 1945 and 1948.
It is followed by Medan regnbågen bleknar (While the rainbow is fading), covering the period 1949 - 1952.
Vilja växa (Want to grow up) described the period 1952 - 1958.
The fourth book, Vi kallar honom Anna
Vi kallar honom Anna
Vi kallar honom Anna is a 1987 Swedish novel by Peter Pohl. It is about Anders, a boy visiting a summercamp who is severely bullied...
, he describes one year, particularly one summer, where he, part of the summercamp organisation, observes how a teenage boy is severely bullied.
This book was published before Medan regnbågen bleknar and Vilja växa, just shortly after Regnbågen har bara åtta färger, and received a lot of attention and prizes.
The final book in the series is Klara papper är ett måste, which starts in 1966.
Additionally, the book De Stora Penslarnas lek, which Pohl describes as a starting point for his writing, contains fairy tales, based on the fairy tales from the grandfather in Regnbågen har bara åtta färger.
Other books, such as I miss you, I miss you!
I miss you, I miss you!
I Miss You, I Miss You!, , is a novel by Swedish author Peter Pohl and Kinna Gieth -Plot summary:...
and Sekten are based on true stories that came to him directly or indirectly.
Some of his books were originally published as adult literature, but later recategorised as books for youth.
Pohl does not consider himself himself an author of primarily youth literature.
However, some books were written for children.
Examples are Glittras uppdrag, a fairy tale about an angel that protects a six year old boy, and Malins kung Gurra, written for a contest organised by publisher Rabén & Sjögren
Rabén & Sjögren
Rabén & Sjögren is a book publishing company in Sweden. It was established in 1942 by Hans Rabén and Carl-Olof Sjögren. Since 1998 it is part of the P.A. Norstedt och Söner publishing group, a division of Kooperativa Förbundet....
.
Textbooks
- Linjära differensekvationer med konstanta koefficienter; Liber, 1976
- Numeriska Metoder (with Gerd Eriksson and Germund DahlquistGermund DahlquistGermund Dahlquist was a Swedish mathematician known primarily for his early contributions to the theory of numerical analysis as applied to differential equations....
); THS, 1977 - 220 ± 30 Exempel i Numeriska Metoder (with Gerd Eriksson); THS, 1978
- Introduktion till BASIC-programmering; THS, 1979
- Analytiska och Numeriska Metoder (with Eike Petermann); KTH, 1984
- Elementära Numeriska Metoder; THS, 1991
- Problem och Exempel i Numeriska Metoder; THS, 1992; Print On Demand 1997
- Grunderna i Numeriska Metoder; THS, 1995; NADA, KTH 1999
- Grundkurs i numeriska metoder; Liber, 2005.
Fiction
- Janne, min vän (Johnny, My FriendJohnny, My FriendJohnny, My Friend, , is the first novel by the Swedish author Peter Pohl -Plot summary:Johnny, My Friend is narrated by 12-year-old Krille. Krille is a naive youth, having grown up in a safe, supporting family in 1950s Stockholm...
), 1985.- Translations: DanishDanish languageDanish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
(Min bedste ven, 1987), NorwegianNorwegian languageNorwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...
(Janne min venn, 1988), GermanGerman languageGerman is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
(Jan, mein Freund, 1990), DutchDutch languageDutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
(Jan, mijn vriend, 1991), EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
(Johnny, My FriendJohnny, My FriendJohnny, My Friend, , is the first novel by the Swedish author Peter Pohl -Plot summary:Johnny, My Friend is narrated by 12-year-old Krille. Krille is a naive youth, having grown up in a safe, supporting family in 1950s Stockholm...
, 1991, translated by Laurie ThompsonLaurie ThompsonLaurie Thompson is a British academic and translator, born in York, England, and lived in northern Sweden for a few years, noted for his translations of Swedish literature into English...
), FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
(Jan, mon ami, 1995), ItalianItalian languageItalian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
(Il mio amico Jan, 1996 and 2005), EstonianEstonian languageEstonian is the official language of Estonia, spoken by about 1.1 million people in Estonia and tens of thousands in various émigré communities...
(Janne, mu söber, 1997), JapaneseJapanese languageis a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
(1997), IcelandicIcelandic languageIcelandic is a North Germanic language, the main language of Iceland. Its closest relative is Faroese.Icelandic is an Indo-European language belonging to the North Germanic or Nordic branch of the Germanic languages. Historically, it was the westernmost of the Indo-European languages prior to the...
(Janni vinur minn, 1997), Low GermanLow GermanLow German or Low Saxon is an Ingvaeonic West Germanic language spoken mainly in northern Germany and the eastern part of the Netherlands...
(Jan, mien Fründ, 2000). - Prizes:
- Litteraturfrämjandets debutantpris (prize for first appearance), 1985;
- Nils Holgerson-plaketten (Nils Holgersson prize), 1986;
- Honourary list, 11th edition of the Premio Europeo di Letteratura Giovanile (European Prize for Youth Literature), Pier Paolo VergerioPier Paolo VergerioPier Paolo Vergerio was an Italian religious reformer.-Life:He was born at Capodistria , then part of the Venetian Republic and studied jurisprudence in Padua, where he delivered lectures in 1522. He also practiced law in Verona, Padua, and Venice...
, PadovaPaduaPadua is a city and comune in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 212,500 . The city is sometimes included, with Venice and Treviso, in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area, having...
, ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, 1987 - Deutscher JugendliteraturpreisDeutscher JugendliteraturpreisThe Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis is an annual award established in 1956 by the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth to recognise outstanding works of children's literature. It is Germany's only state-funded literary award. In the past, authors from many countries...
(German youth literature prize), 1990. - Kulturskylt, Stockholm Public LibraryStockholm Public LibraryStockholm Public Library is a rotunda library building in Stockholm, Sweden, designed by Swedish architect Gunnar Asplund. The library was prepared from 1918 and onwards by a committee in which Asplund himself took part. Construction began in 1924, and the library was completed in 1928...
, November 1999
- Translations: Danish
- Regnbågen har bara åtta färger (The rainbow has only eight colours), 1986
- Translations: German (Der Regenbogen hat nur acht Farben, 1993), Dutch (De regenboog heeft maar acht kleuren, 1995)
- Vi kallar honom AnnaVi kallar honom AnnaVi kallar honom Anna is a 1987 Swedish novel by Peter Pohl. It is about Anders, a boy visiting a summercamp who is severely bullied...
(We call him Anna), 1987.- Translations: German (Nennen wir ihn Anna, 1981), Danish (Vi kaldar ham Anna, 1989), Norwegian (Vi kaller ham Anna, 1989), Dutch (We noemen hem Anna, 1993).
- Prizes:
- Eule des Monats (Owl of the Month), Bulletin Jugend & Literatur (Bulletin Youth + Literature), HardebekHardebekHardebek is a municipality in the district of Segeberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany....
, GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, 1991 - Nominated for the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, 1992
- Vlag en Wimpel, AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, NetherlandsNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, 1994
- Eule des Monats (Owl of the Month), Bulletin Jugend & Literatur (Bulletin Youth + Literature), Hardebek
- Havet inom oss (The ocean within us), 1988. This book has largely the same contents as the short film Resan till havet.
- Alltid den där Anette! (Always that Anette!), 1988
- De Stora Penslarnas Lek (fairy tales)
- Medan regnbågen bleknar (While the rainbow is fading), 1989.
- Translations: German (Während der Regenbogen verblasst, 1994), Norwegian (Mens regnbuen blekner, 1991)
- Prizes:
- Heffaklumpen, children books prize, ExpressenExpressenExpressen is one of two nationwide evening tabloid newspapers in Sweden, the other being Aftonbladet. Expressen was founded in 1944; its symbol is a wasp and slogans "it stings" or "Expressen to your rescue", always on the reader's side....
, 1989.
- Heffaklumpen, children books prize, Expressen
- Kan ingen hjálpa Anette? (Can nobody help Anette?), 1990
- Malins kung Gurra (Malins king Gurra), 1991
- Translations: German (Ich bin Malin, 1992), Danish (Du må gerne sova i min hånd, 1993)), Norwegian (Malin og Kong Gurra, 1994), Estonian (Pärast viimast hoiatust, 1999)
- Man har ett snärj, 1991
- Glittras uppdrag (Glittrag assignment), 1992.
- Translations: German (Glittrag Auftrag, 1997)
- Jag saknar dig, jag saknar dig! (I miss you, I miss you!I miss you, I miss you!I Miss You, I Miss You!, , is a novel by Swedish author Peter Pohl and Kinna Gieth -Plot summary:...
), 1992- Translations: German (
Finnish languageFinnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
(Sinä ja minä ikuisesti, 1997), Icelandic (Ég sakna þin, 1998), English (I miss you, I miss you!, 1999), Slovene (Pogrešam te, pogrešam te, 1999) - Prizes:
- AugustprisetAugustprisetThe August Prize is a Swedish literary prize that has been given out since 1989 by the Swedish Publishers' Association. The prize is given in the categories Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Children's and Youth Literature. The prize is named after the writer August Strindberg...
(August prize), Bokförläggarföreningen, 1992 - Deutscher JugendliteraturpreisDeutscher JugendliteraturpreisThe Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis is an annual award established in 1956 by the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth to recognise outstanding works of children's literature. It is Germany's only state-funded literary award. In the past, authors from many countries...
, Germany, 1995
- Augustpriset
- Translations: Danish (Når alle lyver, 2000)
- Translations: German (
- Nominated for Augustpriset, 1997.
- Fällt aus dem Rahmen, Fachzeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendmedien, April 1998.
- Translations: German (
- Fällt aus dem Rahmen, October 2002
- Translations: Norwegian (
- Translations: German (
- Translations: Norwegian (Tusind kugler, 2004), , 2005
Number of translations per language
(SwedishSwedish language
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): 26, soon 27
; ; ; ; ; English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, Finnish
Finnish language
Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
, ; French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
, Low German
Low German
Low German or Low Saxon is an Ingvaeonic West Germanic language spoken mainly in northern Germany and the eastern part of the Netherlands...
, Slovenian
Slovenian language
Slovene or Slovenian is a South Slavic language spoken by approximately 2.5 million speakers worldwide, the majority of whom live in Slovenia. It is the first language of about 1.85 million people and is one of the 23 official and working languages of the European Union...
, ; Total: 13 books have been translated into at least one language. In total, the books have been translated to 13 different languages.
Sources and further reading
- Website Peter Pohl (SwedishSwedish languageSwedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
) - Full bibliography
- Partial list of translations