Matti Rönkä

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Matti Rönkä (born September 9, 1959 in Kuusjärvi , North Karelia , Finland ) is a Finnish journalist and detective writer .

Life

Rönkä studied political science, graduated with a master's degree and attended the Helsingin Sanomat journalism school . He has been working for the Finnish television news YLE at TV1 since 1990 and is currently the head of the newsroom. He lives in Helsinki with his wife Suvi Ahola , who is also a writer, and their three children .

In his Finnish homeland and beyond, Matti Rönkä is a very well-known writer. Ultimately, he owes this to the diversity of his unusual novel protagonist : Viktor Kärppä , a former secret service employee , crook and later also an informant for the police, wins the sympathy of readers as an antihero.

Awards

Works

  • 2002 Tappajan Näköinen mies ( Ger . The border commuter . Grafit, Dortmund 2007, ISBN 978-3-89425-652-4 )
  • 2003 Hyvä veli, paha veli ( Ger . Bruderland . Grafit, Dortmund 2008, ISBN 978-3-89425-656-2 )
  • 2005 Ystävät kaukana (German Russian friends . Bastei Lübbe, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-7857-6022-2 )
  • 2007 Mies rajan takaa (anthology of the first three novels, as "Finnish Friends" by Bastei Lübbe, ISBN 978-3404170111 )
  • 2008 Isä, poika ja paha henki (German: distant relatives ). Bastei Lübbe, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-7857-6042-0 )
  • 2009 Tuliaiset Moskovasta (German time of betrayal . Bastei Lübbe, Cologne 2012, ISBN 978-3-7857-6069-7 )
  • 2011 Väärän maan vainaja

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personal data
SURNAME Rönkä, Matti
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish journalist and detective writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Kuusjärvi , Finland