Leena Parkkinen

Leena Parkkinen (2010)

Leena Parkkinen (* 1979 ) is a Finnish writer .

Life

Leena Parkkinen is the daughter of the writer Jukka Parkkinen . She studied screenwriting and advertising at the Art Academy of Turku and then design at the Critical Academy in Helsinki . She herself worked as a waitress, in advertising, freelance writer and in a publishing house before making her debut as a writer in 2009 with the novel Sinun jälkeesi, Max . In the same year she was awarded the Helsingin-Sanomat Literature Prize for the best debut. In 2011, Miss Milky Ray was followed by her first children's book.

Her first two books were translated into eight languages, including German. After her second novel was published in 2013, the book rights were sold to Germany within a week. In the same year Parkkinen was awarded the Kalevi Jäntti Prize.

Works (selection)

• Sinun jälkeesi, Max (2009)
  • After you, Max , Berlin 2012, Osburg Verlag, ISBN 978-3-940731-76-0
• Miss Milky Ray (2011)
  • Clear the stage for skimmed milk , Cologne 2013, Boje Verlag , ISBN 978-3-414-82115-7
• Galtbystä länteen (2013)
  • The old lady who took her hat and went into hiding , Munich 2014, Limes Verlag, ISBN 978-3-8090-2646-4
• Säädyllinen ainesosa (2016)

Awards (selection)

• Helsingin-Sanomat Literature Prize 2009 for "Sinun jälkeesi, Max"
• Kalevi Jäntti Prize 2013 "Galtbystä länteen"

Web links

• Literature by and about Leena Parkkinen in the catalog of the German National Library
• Lena Parkkinen on teos.fi