Peter H. Fogtdal (born 22 May 1956 in

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, Denmark) is a Danish novelist and poet. He has written 14 novels in Danish. Three have been translated into French, two into Portuguese, and one into English and Ukrainian. In Denmark he is known for writing novels with a spiritual, mystical or humorous slant. In 2005 he won a French literary prize, Prix Littéraire des Ambassadeurs de la Francophonie for his translated novel Le front chantilly (Floedeskumsfronten). In 2001 this novel was named one of the three best novels of the year by the biggest Danish newspaper

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. Peter H. Fogtdal lives in Portland, Oregon but goes back to Copenhagen, Denmark often. Novel in English: * ''The Tsar's Dwarf'' (2008, awthorne BooksTranslated by

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. () Selected novels in Danish: * ''Drømmeren fra Palæstina'' (1998, * ''Flødeskumsfronten'' (2001, * ''Zarens dværg'' (2006, * ''Skorpionens hale'' (2008, * ''Det egyptiske hjerte'' (2015, * ''Det store glidefald'' (2017, Poetry collection and new novel in English:
''- My Crimes of Gelato: Second Edition (2021)''''- The Mango Dancer (2022)''

External links

Litteratursiden profileReview of The Tsar's Dwarf from Three PercentReview of The Tsar's Dwarf from The BelieverAn Author Interview in Kristeligt Dagblad, Denmark, 2017
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fogtdal, Peter 1956 births Living people Writers from Copenhagen Danish male novelists 20th-century Danish novelists 21st-century Danish novelists 20th-century Danish male writers 21st-century Danish male writers