Peter Kihlgård

Peter Kihlgård, born 10 April 1954 in Örebro, is a Swedish author, playwright and translator.

Kihlgård works across literary genres with a variety of artistic expressions. He is the author of acclaimed novels such as Fadder Teiresias vår (1988), the semi-autobiographical Strandmannen (1992), the experimental Anvisningar till en far (1996) and the popular love story Kicki & Lasse (2007), as well as of plays, prose poetry and short stories.

Kihlgård is also the Swedish translator of two Salman Rushdie novels.

Bibliography

• 1982 – Manschettvisa
• 1982 – Hjälten
• 1985 – Ta rygg
• 1988 – Koncipieringen av en gädda (poetry)
• 1988 – Fadder Teiresias vår
• 1989 – Bedragaren
• 1990 – Tredje person
• 1992 – Strandmannen
• 1995 – Den dövstumme
• 1996 – Fars garage (with Lars Göran Persson)
• 1996 – Anvisningar till en far
• 1998 – Serenader
• 1998 – Diorama
• 2001 – Du har inte rätt att inte älska mig
• 2005 – Berättaren
• 2007 – Kicki & Lasse
• 2008 – Klockmalmens hemlighet
• 2015 – Serenader två

Translations

• 2016 – Två år, åtta månader och tjugoåtta nätter (Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights), by Salman Rushdie
• 2018 – Det gyllene huset (The Golden House), by Salman Rushdie