Naomi Klein is a Canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker known for her political analyses; support of ecofeminism, organized labour, and leftism; and criticism of corporate globalization, fasc…
Joe Sacco was born in Malta on October 2, 1960. At the age of one, he moved with his family to Australia, where he spent his childhood until 1972, when they moved to Los Angeles. He began his journali…
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…
The author of some twenty works of fiction and memoir, Annie Ernaux is considered by many to be France’s most important writer. In 2022, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. She has also won…
ENG: Johanna Sinisalo is an award-winning Finnish author. She was born in Sodankylä in 1958. During 1984-1997, she worked as a professional designer in advertising, after which she started as a screen…
Sofi Oksanen was born in Finland to a Finnish father and an Estonian mother. In 2010 she won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize for her third novel (originally a play), Puhdistus (Purge).
FI: Tuija Eveliina "Eve" Hietamies on suomalainen kirjailija ja Apu-lehden toimittaja. Lappeenrannassa lapsuutensa viettänyt Eve muutti vuonna 1974 Helsinkiin, jossa asuu nykyisin. Eve Hietamiehen van…
Anu Silfverberg (s. 1974) on helsinkiläinen freelance-toimittaja ja kirjailija. Helsingin Sanomissa työskennelleen Silfverbergin esikoisromaani Kung Po (Avain) ilmestyi 2008. Hän on koulutukseltaan hu…
FM Pajtim Statovci (s. 1990) on Suomen kansainvälisesti menestyneimpiä kirjailijoita. Kriitikoiden ja lukijoiden rakastamat romaanit, Kissani Jugoslavia…
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…
Terhi Kokkonen (s. 1974) on helsinkiläinen kirjailija, muusikko ja pop-lyyrikko. Hänet tunnetaan Scandinavian Music Group -yhtyeestä, sekä yhtenä Ultra Bra -yhtyeen laulajana. Kokkonen on opiskellut T…
