Vi kallar honom Anna

Vi kallar honom Anna is a Swedish book by Peter Pohl. It is about Anders, a boy visiting a summercamp who is severely bullied. It is written from the perspective of Micke, one of the leaders of the summercamp.

Vi kallar honom Anna has been translated into Dutch (We noemen hem Anna, 1993), German (Nennen wir ihn Anna, 1991), Danish (Vi kalder ham Anna, 1989) en Norwegian (Vi kaller ham Anna, 1989).

It's the fifth book from the rainbow series. Mickes experiences are probably mainly autobiographic. Micke is youth leader for sports in the same summercamp and the same period as Peter Pohl was. Both do running and win prizes, are the same age and pass for the exams at Södra Latin in the same year. Further, the very sparse references to Micke's past correspond with Peter Pohl's.

The story starts in 1958.

Prizes

• German book of the month in Septembre 1991, by Bulletin Jugend + Literatur
• Nominated for the German Jugendliteraturpreis, 1992
• Dutch Vlag en Wimpel, 1994, by the Stichting Collectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse Boek

Sources and further reading

• Peter Pohl on Vi kallar honnom Anna (Swedish)
• Text on the backside of the book (Swedish)