Jarkko Tontti is a writer, living in Helsinki, Finland
Tontti studied law, philosophy and literature at the universities of Helsinki, Edinburgh, Berlin and Brussels. Doctor of Laws 2002. He has published collections of poems, novels and essays. His first poetry collection Vuosikirja (Book of Years, 2006) won the Kalevi Jäntti literature prize for young authors.
His poems have been translated into twenty languages, English, French, Swedish, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Estonian, German, Greek, Slovenian, Polish, Latin, Czech, Romanian, Marathi, Croatian, Hebrew and Portuguese.
Tel: +358400784313
E-mail: jarkkotontti@jarkkotontti.net
Books
Vuosikirja (Book of Years, poems, 2006)
Luokkakokous (Class reunion, novel, 2007)
Jacasser (Jacasser, poems, 2009)
Koti, uskonto ja isänmaa (Home, Religion and Fatherland, essays, 2011)
Sali (Gym, novel, 2011)
Vedeeran taru (The Tale of Vedeera, fantasy novel, 2012)
Lento (Flight, novel, 2013)
Viisastuminen sallittu (Wisening permitted, essays, 2016)
Perintö (Legacy, novel, 2018)
Vedeera vaarallisilla vesillä (Vedeera in Perilous Waters, fantasy novel, 2018)
Lain laita (runoja, poetry, 2020)
Haava (Wound, novel, 2021)
Vedeera ja polttavan auringon maa (Vedeera and the Land of the Burning Sun, fantasy novel, 2022)
Tarkoituksista ja keinoista (Means and Ends, essays, 2022)
Kangasalan ja Jerusalemin runot (Poems from Kangasala and Jerusalem, 2024)
Vedeera ja vuorten pitkät varjot, 2026