Johanna Sinisalo
Aila Johanna Sinisalo (born June 22, 1958 in Sodankylä ) is a Finnish writer .
Life
Johanna Sinisalo studied literature at Tampere University . She worked in the advertising industry.
For her first fantasy novel Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi , she received the Finlandia Prize in 2000 and the James Tiptree, Jr. Award in 2004 for its English translation . Her short story Intohimosta rikokseen (2002) was nominated for the Nebula Award in 2009 in the English translation . Sinisaldo has created a literary genre in Finnish literature that calls itself Finnish Weird (weird = bizarre, strange) and breaks the boundaries of realism with borrowings from science fiction literature , fantasy literature , surrealism and mythology .
Works (selection)
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Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi . Helsinki: Tammi, 2000
- Troll: a love story . Translation Angela Plöger. Berlin: Tropics, 2005
- Sankarit . Helsinki: Tammi, 2003
- Kädettömät kuninkaat ja muita häiritseviä tarinoita . Helsinki: Teos, 2005 (short stories)
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Lasisilma . Helsinki: Teos, 2006
- Glass eye: Roman . Translation by Elina Kritzokat. Berlin: Tropics, 2007
- Linnunaivot . Helsinki: Teos, 2008
- Möbiuksen maa . Helsinki: Teos, 2010
- Grandchildren verta . Helsinki: Teos, 2011
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Auringon ydin . Helsinki: Teos, 2013
- Finnish fire: Roman . Translation by Stefan Moster. Stuttgart: Tropics, 2014
literature
- Hanna Samola, Hanna-Riikka Roine: Discussions of Genre Interpretations in Johanna Sinisalo's Auringon ydin and Finnish Weird , in: Fafnir - Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research . Issue 3, 2014, pp. 27–35. ISSN 2342-2009
Web links
- Literature by and about Johanna Sinisalo in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Johanna Sinisalo in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Short biography and reviews of works by Johanna Sinisalo at perlentaucher.de
- Johanna Sinisalo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Johanna Sinisalo in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Johanna Sinisalo in the Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)
- Works by and about Johanna Sinisalo at Open Library
- Johanna Sinisalo , at the Berlin International Literature Festival , 2014
Individual evidence
- ^ Finnish Weird , website
- ↑ Margarete Stokowski: Take me, chili! Review, in: The Literary World , October 11, 2014, p. 4
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sinisalo, Johanna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sinisalo, Aila Johanna (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 22, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sodankylä |