Peter Englund author biography, plus links to books by Peter Englund.

Peter Englund

Peter Englund is a Swedish historian who has received numerous prizes in his own country and whose works have been translated into fourteen languages. He has also been working as a war correspondent. Englund is a member of the Swedish Academy (which awards the Nobel Prize in Literature), and in 2008 was appointed its new permanent secretary, an office he still holds.

This biography was last updated on 11/08/2011.

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