According to the Finland Times (4.1.2015) I'am living in
New York, but I don't.
I'am still in Kuopio and
sometimes in Helsinki, but who will translate my novel The Flying Finn in New York in English. The book won the Savonia
Literature award 2015.
"New York fascinates me.
I hope that this could inspire someone to foreign publishers interested in
other books of Tuuri", says Mrs Bristina
Bettencourt in Helsingin Sanomat today (3.3.2015).
Lady Bettencourt were
translated and published by the author of the novel Skyscrapers in English (not Germany, as in the HS-story). Puplication of the book paid 10 000 euros.
Antti
Tuuri's novel Skyscrapers (2005) takes
place in New York in the same way as in the novel of The Flying Finn in New York.
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| Jouni Tossavainen. File Photo – Lehtikuva. |
The book on country’s noted
athlete Hannes Kolehmainen written by Jouni Tossavainen has won the Savonia
Literature award 2015.
According to the jury the
flying Finnish (Jouni Tossavainen) who is living in New York now has made a
strong novel about the Kuopio’s sport legend.
Kolehmainen had to fight many
issues to reach his position in the arena of world sports in the1920s.
The book describes the
migration, the difficulty to make a choice in love and, above all, how ghosts
of the past and what politics should be followed to the new continent.
The author Tossavainen, born
in 1958, has written more than 20 books including poetry and prose.
Savonia literature-prize was
given for the 26th time this year and the winner gets prize money of euro
10,000.
A total of 54 books published
in 2014 took part in the contest this year."
(Finland Times 4.1.2015)
