François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand was a French writer, politician and diplomat. He is considered the founder of Romanticism in French literature.
He has also been mistakenly given the forename Fr…
Tove Jansson was born and died in Helsinki, Finland. As a Finnish citizen whose mother tongue was Swedish, she was part of the Swedish-speaking Finns minority. Thus, all her books were originally writ…
Olga Nawoja Tokarczuk is a Polish writer, activist, and public intellectual. She is one of the most critically acclaimed and successful authors of her generation in Poland. She was awarded the 2018 No…
Rosa Liksom (born Anni Ylävaara, Ylitornio, 7 January 1958) is a Finnish writer and artist. She studied anthropology and social sciences at the universities of Helsinki, Copenhagen and Moscow. She won…
Petri Tamminen (s. 1966) on valmistunut Tampereen yliopistosta pääaineenan tiedotusoppi. Tamminen asuu perheineen Vääksyssä ja työskentelee vapaana kirjailijana.
Märta Tikkanen (b. April 3, 1935) is a Swedish-speaking Finnish writer. Born in Helsinki she worked as a reporter for Hufvudstadsbladet from 1956 to 1961. She graduated from the University of Helsinki…
Nora Ikstena is a prose writer and essayist. Ikstena is one of the most visible and influential prose writers in Latvia, known for elaborat style and detailed approach to language. After obtaining a d…
Kaj Korkea-Aho (s. 1983) on tuttu radiosta, tv:stä ja musiikkimaailmasta. Opiskellessaan maisteriksi Turussa hän elätti itsensä radiokoomikkona sekä tv-juontajana ja -käsikirjoittajana. Nyt Korkea-aho…
Magdalena Hai is a Finnish author of SF&F and children’s tales. Hai’s prose, long and short, has been nominated for several awards (Finlandia Junior Award, The Nordic Council Children and Young People…
susan abulhawa was born to refugees of the 1967 war when Israel captured what remained of Palestine, including Jerusalem. She currently lives in Pennsylvani…
Tommi Kinnunen (b. 1973) was born in Kuusamo, north-east Finland and currently lives in Turku, where he works as a Finnish literature school teacher. His debut novel, Where Four Roads Meet has dominat…
FM Pajtim Statovci (s. 1990) on Suomen kansainvälisesti menestyneimpiä kirjailijoita. Kriitikoiden ja lukijoiden rakastamat romaanit, Kissani Jugoslavia…
Sanna Nyqvist on kirjallisuudentutkija ja tietokirjailija. Hän valmistui filosofian tohtoriksi Helsingin yliopistosta vuonna 2010. Nyqvist on tutkinut muun muassa jäljittelyä, väärennöksiä ja kirjalli…
Iida Turpeinen is a Helsinki-based literary scholar currently writing a dissertation on the intersection of the natural sciences and literature. As an author, she is intrigued by the literary potentia…
