Tuomas Kyrö

Tuomas Kyrö (2011)

Tuomas Kyrö (born June 4, 1974 in Helsinki , Finland ) is a Finnish writer and comic artist .

Life

For Kyrö's works, which include novels, columns, plays as well as comics and caricatures , he has received various Finnish literary prizes, including the 2011 Sports Book Prize. The 2010 book Mielensäpahoittaja (German: The man who excites himself about things ) he wrote on the basis of a series of stories that he had written as radio plays for Yleisradio , the Finnish radio.

Kyrö was in the years 2005 to 2009, the first Artist in Residence in Autorenhaus Eeva Joenpelto , the former residence of the writer lived.

Since 2012, Kyrö has been a regular participant in a talk show on the private Finnish television station Nelonen entitled Hyvät ja huonot uutiset . By 2014 he had participated 62 times in the round.

Kyrö lives with his family in Janakkala in southern Finland.

Prizes and awards

• 2005: Kalevi Jäntti Prize .
• 2005: Nomination for the Finlandia Prize for Literature for the novel Liitto .
• 2006: Young Alexis Prize .
• 2011: Thanks-for-the-book medal for the novel Der Grantige (Original: Mielensäpahoittaja).
• 2011: Sports Book of the Year from the Finnish Sports Museum for Urheilukirja Sports Book

Publications

Novels

• Nahkatakki (Leather Jacket). WSOY (Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö), Helsinki 2001, ISBN 951-026-163-7 .
• Tilkka . WSOY, Helsinki 2003, ISBN 951-028-318-5 .
• Liitto (Union). WSOY, Helsinki 2005, ISBN 951-030891-9 .
• Benjamin Kivi (Benjamin's Stone). WSOY, Helsinki 2007, ISBN 978-951-033-399-0 .
• 700 grammaa ( 700 grams ). WSOY, Helsinki 2010, ISBN 978-951-035-601-2 .
• Mielensäpahoittaja , WSOY, Helsinki 2010, ISBN 978-951-036-626-4 .
  • Der Grantige , German by Stefan Moster . List, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-471-35153-6 .
• Kärjäläinen ja jänis (beggar and hare). Siltala, Helsinki 2011, ISBN 978-952-234-068-9 .
  • Beggar and Hare , German by Stefan Moster . Hoffmann and Campe, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-455-40374-9 .
• with Antti Kyrö : Pukin paha päivä (A Bad Day for Santa). WSOY, Helsinki 2011, ISBN 978-951-038-235-6 .
• Miniä (daughter-in-law). Kirjakauppaliitto, Helsinki 2012, ISBN 978-952-67705-0-5 .
• Mielensäpahoittaja yes ruskeakastike . WSOY, Helsinki 2012, ISBN 978-951-039079-5 .
• with Antti Kyrö: Pukki Laivalla . WSOY, Helsinki 2012, ISBN 978-951-039-303-1 .
• Kunkku . Siltala, Helsinki 2013, ISBN 978-952-234-173-0 .
  • German: Kunkku . Hoffmann and Campe, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-455-40512-5 .
• Ilosia aikoja, mielensäpahoittaja . WSOY, Helsinki 2014, ISBN 978-951-0-40762-2 .

other works

• Taide ja tolkku (Art and Reason). WSOY, Helsinki 2008, ISBN 978-951-034-532-0 .
• Urheilukirja (A Sports Book). Teos, Helsinki 2011, ISBN 978-951-851-337-0 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Tuomas Kyrö in the catalog of the German National Library
• Tuomas Kyrö in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Biography (finnish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The rabbit as a helping hero. In: FAZ . October 4, 2013, p. 36.