Göran Rosenberg
Göran Jakob Rosenberg (born 11 October 1948)[1] is a Swedish journalist and author.
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| Born | October 11, 1948 Södertälje, Sweden |
| Occupation(s) | Writer and journalist |
| Partner | Jayne Svenungsson |
| Website | https://www.rosenberg.se |
Biography and career
Rosenberg was born in Södertälje, Sweden, the son of David and Hala Rosenberg from Łódź in Poland, who both came to Sweden after having survived Nazi concentration camps during World War II. He has written about his father's story and his childhood in the book A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz (2012).[2] The book won the August Prize for literature in 2012.
Rosenberg worked at Sveriges Radio and Sveriges Television between 1972–1989, from 1985 to 1989 as the Washington-based US correspondent of Swedish Television. In 1990 he founded the monthly magazine Moderna Tider, of which he was editor-in-chief until 1999. Between 1991 and 2011 he was a columnist at Dagens Nyheter. Since 2012 he is a monthly columnist at Swedish Radio.[3] He currently writes essays, reviews and commentaries for the Swedish daily Expressen.[4]
Awards and recognitions, selection
- 1993 Stora Journalistpriset
- 2000 Honorary degree at the University of Gothenburg
- 2012 August Prize for A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz
- 2014 Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger Essay for A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz
Selected bibliography
- 1991 – Friare kan ingen vara: den amerikanska idén från revolution till Reagan
- 1993 – Medborgaren som försvann
- 1994 – Da Capo al Fine
- 1996 – Det förlorade landet -en personlig historia
- 2000 – Tankar om journalistik
- 2004 – Plikten, profiten och konsten att vara människa
- 2006 – Utan facit
- 2012 – A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz
- 2021 – Rabbi Marcus Ehrenpreis obesvarade kärlek (The Unrequited Love of Rabbi Marcus Ehrenpreis)
References
- 933 (Vem är det: Svensk biografisk handbok/1993)
- Philippe Sands (7 November 2014) 'A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz', by Göran Rosenberg Financial Times.
- Godmorgon världen, Sveriges Radio
- Göran Rosenberg, Kultur - Expressen