Arne Nevanlinna
Arne Edvard Nevanlinna (born June 5, 1925 in Helsinki , Finland ; † August 7, 2016 there ) was a Finnish architect , university professor and writer .
Life
Arne Nevanlinna was born in Helsinki in 1925 as the third child of the mathematician Rolf Nevanlinna . After graduating from school, Arne Nevanlinna entered the Lapland War in 1943 as a non-commissioned officer in a reconnaissance unit . At the end of the war he began to study architecture in 1945 , where he decided against civil engineering . He studied with JS Sirénille and became an architect in 1952. He opened his own architecture office in 1962. In parallel to his architectural work, which brought him several awards, he worked from 1965 to 1968 as assistant professor for home design at the Helsinki University of Technology. He held a visiting professorship at the University of Nairobi in 1979 , before becoming director of the master’s degree in architecture at the Helsinki University of Technology in 1984. He was appointed professor in 1986. In 1990 he held another visiting professorship for architecture at Washington University in St. Louis .
Since 1992 Nevanlinna worked as an author of fictional texts. He made his debut novel with Marie in 2008. In the same year he received a nomination for the Finlandia Prize for the book and was awarded the Thank You for the Book medal . Bastei Lübbe secured the book rights in 2011 and published it under the title of the same name based on a translation by Angela Plöger .
Works (selection)
Architecture books
- Teoreettinen tarkastelu suunnittelusta rationaalisena toimintana (1972)
- Introduction to the history of Finnish architecture (1986)
- Architecture beyond architecture. Experimental institutional design projects. Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Zambia (1992)
- Isan maa. Sukukertomuksia kolmekymmentäluvun Suomesta (1994)
- Meidan sota. Muistiinpanoja nuoren miehen retkistä Suomessa, Venäjänmaalla ja vähän Ruotsissakin vuosina 1943–45 (1995)
- Illuusio arkkitehtuurista. Ajatuksia arvoista, vallasta ja arvovallasta (1996)
- Valistuksen paikka. Noin kaksi vuosikymmentä muodon vuoksi (1996)
- Isoean maat. Ajan Kuvia (1998)
- Fasadin henki, eli, Arkkitehtuurisanastoa ujoille (2001)
- Harharetkiä Helsingissä (2001)
- Sanos muuta. Lyhytproosaa kahdelta vuosituhannelta (2003)
Novels
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Marie (2008)
- Marie , Lübbe, Cologne 2011 (translated from Finnish by Angela Plöger), ISBN 978-3-7857-2427-9 ; as paperback 17010 at Bastei Lübbe, Cologne 2014: ISBN 978-3-404-17010-4 .
- Hjalmar (2010)
- Varma (2012)
- Arne (2014)
- Pako (2016)
Awards (selection)
- Thank you-for-the-book medal 2009 for "Marie"
Web links
- Literature by and about Arne Nevanlinna in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website (Finnish)
Individual evidence
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↑ Laura Airola: Kirjailija Arne Nevanlinna on kuollut . Helsingin Sanomat , August 8, 2016, accessed on August 13, 2016 (Finnish: "Author Arne Nevanlinna is dead").
Author Arne Nevanlinna passes away . Finland Times , August 9, 2016, accessed August 13, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nevanlinna, Arne |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nevanlinna, Arne Edvard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish architect, university professor and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Helsinki , Finland |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7th August 2016 |
| Place of death | Helsinki , Finland |