Elina Kritzokat

Elina Kritzokat (born December 13, 1971 in Osterholz-Scharmbeck ) is a literary translator from Finnish. She has German and Finnish citizenship.

Life

Elina Kritzokat studied literature and graduated with a master's degree . Since 2002 she has been translating fiction , children's and youth literature, poetry, comics, non-fiction books , plays and films from Finnish into German . Elina Kritzokat lives in Berlin .

She is a member of the Association of German-Language Translators of Literary and Scientific Works , VdÜ. For the "Junge Weltlesebühne" in Berlin, it offers schools from grades 1 to 10 to prepare readings from their translations in front of the students, with the aim of familiarizing them with the subject of "translation" or "Finnish literature". This applies to all types of schools and libraries.

In 2019 she was awarded the Finnish State Prize for Foreign Translators .

Translations

• Tuuve Aro : Trouble with the heating. Stories. Frankfurt am Main 2004
• Tuuve Aro: Karmiina K .: I'm okay. Novel. Idstein 2008
• Comic Atlas Finland 2014 . Comics. Berlin 2014
• Ilkka Falck : My little garden paradise. Non-fiction. Herford 2012
• Elina Halttunen : Everything is fine on the island. Novel. Munich 2011
• Aino Havukainen , Sami Toivonen : Tatu and Patu and their crazy kindergarten. Children's book. Stuttgart 2011
• Aino Havukainen, Sami Toivonen: Tatu and Patu and their crazy bedtime book. Children's book. Stuttgart 2010
• Aino Havukainen, Sami Toivonen: Tatu and Patu and their crazy jobs. Children's book. Stuttgart 2013
• Aino Havukainen, Sami Toivonen: Tatu and Patu and their crazy machines. Children's book. Stuttgart 2010
• Aino Havukainen, Sami Toivonen: Tatu and Patu and their crazy Finland. Children's book. Helsinki 2014
• Katariina Heilala: Moomin is looking for the jam thief . Children's book. Hamburg 2017
• Katariina Heilala: Moomin and the mysterious suitcase. Children's book. Hamburg 2017
• Liisa Hellemaa-Hautamäki : Making beautiful things out of old things. Non-fiction. Stuttgart 2008
• Elina Hirvonen : Remember. Novel. Munich 2008
• JK Johansson: Laura's last party. Thriller. Berlin 2015
• JK Johansson: Nora's second face. Thriller. Berlin 2016
• Heikki Jokinen : Comics from Finland. Helsinki 2010
• Riina and Sami Kaarla: Moomin and the new house. Children's book. Hamburg 2017
• Riina and Sami Kaarla: Moomin and the Pirates. Children's book. Hamburg 2017
• Riina Katajavuori: Autumn Trumpet Concert . Poetry. Bielefeld 2018
• Aki Kaurismäki: The other side of hope. Feature film, German dubbed version. Berlin 2017
• Leena Krohn : Emil and the Pelican Man. Novel. Frankfurt am Main 2013
• Leena Krohn: Thorn apple. Novel. Munich 2006
• Tuija Lehtinen : Life is ahead of us, people! Youth book. Hamburg 2009
• Outi Loimaranta : Oh, you nice Christmas time. Non-fiction. Stuttgart 2010
• Auli Mantila : A dangerous kind of happiness. Thriller. Berlin 2007
• Hanna Marjut Marttila : Ready for a movie. Youth book. Hamburg 2010
• Paula Noronen : Mission guinea pigs. Children's book. Stuttgart 2013
• Miika Nousiainen: The root of everything good. Novel. Zurich 2017
• Miika Nousiainen: Crazy about Sweden. Novel. Zurich 2019
• Sofi Oksanen: I already love you. A European Supper. Play. Vienna 2017
• Seita Parkkola : We can lose or win everything. Youth book. Weinheim 2012
• Timo Parvela: Ella and the wrong magician. Children's book. Munich 2018
• Timo Parvela: Maunz 'and Wuff's good day. Play. Hamburg 2018
• Riikka Pulkkinen : The restless. Novel. Berlin 2014
• Riikka Pulkkinen: True. Novel. Berlin 2012
• Ville Ranta : paradise. Comic. Berlin 2012
• Laura Ruohonen: play based on Maria Stuart . Linz 2009
• Minna Rytisalo: Lempi, that means love. Novel. Munich 2018
• Jean Sibelius - The music, the artist, the person. Translation of the traveling exhibition on the composer. Berlin 2016
• Raija Siekkinen : How love is made. Stories. Zurich 2014
• Salla Simukka : As red as blood. Youth book. Wuerzburg 2014
• Salla Simukka: As white as snow . Youth book. Wuerzburg 2015
• Salla Simukka: As black as ebony. Youth book. Würzburg 2016
• Johanna Sinisalo : Glass Eye. Novel. Berlin 2007
• Mila Teräs : Telma and the house of stories. Children's book. Esslingen 2012
• Mila Teräs: Telma and the island of secrets. Children's book. Esslingen 2013
• Petteri Tikkanen: Blitzkrieg of love. Comic. Berlin 2014
• Fourth world (theater group): Tapiola - life in concrete. Play. Berlin 2017
• Jussi Valtonen: Two continents. Novel. Munich 2017
• Marja-Liisa Vartio : Men like men, women like women. Novel. Berlin 2014

Web links

• Literature by and about Elina Kritzokat in the catalog of the German National Library
• Kritzokat in the translator database of the Association of German-Language Translators of Literary and Scientific Works, VdÜ, 2019

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