Squeegee Liehu

Squeegee Liehu (2010)

Rakel Liehu (born September 3, 1939 in Nivala , Finland ) is a Finnish writer .

Life

Rakel Liehu graduated from Helsinki University in 1963 . Then Liehu worked for a year from 1963 to 1964 as a history teacher at a school in Raahe . From the early 1970s, Liehu began to publish her first poems. She finally made her debut as a writer in 1976 with her novel Seth Mattsonin tarina . Originally, Liehu's work had a strong Christian focus, taking the dogmas of the church as not given and dealing with topics such as grief and loneliness. Her first two novels were filmed by Eija-Elina Bergholm and Tuija-Maija Niskanen as Finnish television productions.

With her third novel Helene , Liehu was able to celebrate another great critical success in 2003. She has received several literary prizes, including the Runeberg Prize .

Rakel Liehu's daughter is the philosopher Heidi Liehu .

Works (selection)

Novels

• Seth Mattson in Tarina (1976)
• Punainen ruukku (1980)
• Helene (2003)

Poems

• Ihmisen murhe on yhteinen (1974)
• Savikielellä minä ylistän (1975)
• Valo, Lahmeisyys (1977)
• Runoja 1974--1977 (1978)
• Liian lähellä, liian äkkiä (1982)
• Gammayokkonen (1985)
• Joki Sepittää Minulle (1987)
• Sininen Lasarus (1990)
• Kubisseja (1992)
• Murehtimatta! emeraldines (1993)
• Readymade (1995)
• Scorpio sydan (1997)
• Runot 1974--1997 (2002)
• Bul bul (2007)
• Älä vielä lähde (2010)

Awards (selection)

• 2004 Runeberg Prize for "Helene"
• Thanks-for-the-book medal 2004 for "Helene"
• Valtion taiteilijaeläke 2004
• Suomen Leijonan Pro Finlandia -mitali 2006
• Kirjallisuuden valtionpalkinto 2008

Web links

• Rakel Liehu in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Squeegee Liehu on kirjasampo.fi (Finnish)