Aki Ollikainen
Illustration — Ollikainen in 2012 Aki Ollikainen (born 1973) is a Finnish writer. A photographer and journalist by profession, Ollikainen received widespread acclaim for his debut novel Nälkävuosi (2012), an account of the Finnish famine of 1866–1868. The book won several prizes and has been translated into English by Emily Jeremiah and Fleur Jeremiah under the title White Hunger (Peirene Press, 2015).
Aki Ollikainen
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- Born
- 1973 · Äänekoski.
- Nationality
- Finland
- Occupation
- journalist · writer · photographer
- Fields
- detective literature · literary activity · journalism · photography
- Honours
- Thanks for the Book Award
- Languages
- Finnish
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Illustration — Ollikainen in 2012 Aki Ollikainen (born 1973) is a Finnish writer. A photographer and journalist by profession, Ollikainen received widespread acclaim for his debut novel Nälkävuosi (2012), an account of the Finnish famine of 1866–1868. The book won several prizes and has been translated into English by Emily Jeremiah and Fleur Jeremiah under the title White Hunger (Peirene Press, 2015).
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Ollikainen lived in Kolari in northern Finland when he wrote Nälkävuosi. His second novel Musta satu was published in spring 2015. He currently lives in Lohja in Southern Finland.
The recorded working language is Finnish. The field of work recorded is detective literature, literary activity and journalism. Distinctions recorded are Thanks for the Book Award.
Finnish writer and journalist Aki Ollikainen at Helsinki Book Fair 2012
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- 1.Press, Peirene. Peirene Press. www.peirenepress.com.
- 2.Lezard, Nicholas. White Hunger by Aki Ollikainen review – the Finnish famine in all its horror. the Guardian. 2015-03-03.
- 3.Fear of the Cold: Aki Ollikainen - Los Angeles Review of Books. Los Angeles Review of Books.
- 4.Aki Ollikainen kansainvälisessä nosteessa. 19 March 2016.
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