Kati Hiekkapelto
Kati Hiekkapelto (born September 8, 1970 in Oulu , Finland ) is a Finnish writer .
Life
Kati Hiekkapelto, who studied special education, lived for a while among the Hungarian minority in Serbia before working as a teacher.
Hiekkapelto made her debut as a writer in 2013 with the detective novel Kolibri . The story of Commissioner Anna Fekete, a Yugoslav Hungarian who has lived in Finland since she was a child, was a hit with both critics and audiences. After a translation by Gabriele Schrey-Vasara , the book of the same name was published on September 15, 2014 by Heyne Verlag in Munich in German. For her second novel, Suojattomat , which was published in German in 2015 under the title Die Schutzlosen , she was awarded the renowned Finnish Crime Prize in 2015.
She lives with her family on a farm on the northern Finnish island of Hailuoto .
Works (selection)
- Kolibri (2013; German: Kolibri , Heyne Verlag , Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-453-26936-1 )
- Suojattomat (2014; German: Die Schutzlosen , Heyne Verlag, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-453-26937-8 )
- Tumma (2016; German: Schattenschlaf , Heyne Verlag, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-453-26938-5 )
- Hiillos (2018)
Web links
- Literature by and about Kati Hiekkapelto in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hiekkapelto, Kati |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oulu , Finland |