August Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1993) Winner
Peter Mikael Englund
ピーター・ミカエル・イングルンド
Pītā Mikaeru Ingurundo
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1957-04-04 （Boden, Sweden）
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Languages
- Swedish
- Residence History
- Boden, Sweden
Career
- Occupations
- author, historian, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy (former)
- Active Years
- 1980-
- Affiliations
- Swedish Academy
- Memberships
- Swedish Academy (Seat No. 10)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uppsala University | — | History | Ph.D. | — | Sweden |
Uppsala University
History
Degree:
Ph.D.
Year of Graduation:
1989
Country:
Sweden
Ph.D. thesis 'Det hotade huset' (A House in Peril)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | August Prize | Ofredsår | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2002 | Selma Lagerlöf Prize for Literature | — | — | — | 受賞 |
August Prize
1993
Work:
Ofredsår
Result:
受賞
Selma Lagerlöf Prize for Literature
2002
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Poltava
1988 HistoryDetailed description of the Battle of Poltava
Swedish EmpireWar
Translations
- Translated into 20 languages
Ofredsår
1993 HistorySweden during the Thirty Years' War, centered on Erik Dahlberg
Thirty Years' WarSweden
Stridens skönhet och sorg
2008 HistoryBiography-based book about 19 people during World War I
World War I
November 1942
2022 HistoryIntimate history of the turning point of World War II in November 1942
World War II
Translations
- English translation by Peter Graves (2023)
Bibliography
- Holowczyn: Battle of the Moscow Road (1980)
- Peter the Great (1980)
- Poltava (1988)
- Det hotade huset (1989)
- Förflutenhetens landskap (1991)
- Ofredsår (1993)
- Brev från nollpunkten (1996)
- Den oövervinnerlige (2000)
- Tystnadens historia och andra essäer (2003)
- Silvermasken (2006)
- Stridens skönhet och sorg (2008)
- Onda nätters drömmar (2022)
Translations of Works
- Works translated into 20 languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- accessible writing stylenarrative details often omitted in traditional history books
- Recurring Motifs
- Swedish Empirehistorical events
Legacy
Known for accessible non-fiction history books on the Swedish Empire and other events; former Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy
Trivia
- Has 5 children
- Supported the National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam in his youth