Jarkko Tontti

He has published collections of poems, novels and essays. His first poetry collection Vuosikirja (Book of Years, 2006) won the Kalevi Jäntti literature prize for young authors. Tontti has worked in the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Local Court of Espoo, in the Parliament of Finland and at the University of Helsinki. He is a specialist in philosophy of law, freedom of expresion law and copyright law. His poems have been translated into 20 languages, English, French, Spanish, Swedish, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Estonian, German, Greek, Slovenian, Latin, Czech, Marathi, Polish, Mari, Hebrew, Croatian, Romanian and Portuguese.

Jarkko Tontti studied at University of Edinburgh and University of Helsinki. The recorded working language is Finnish. The field of work recorded is literature, poetry and law. Places of work recorded in the authority are Helsinki. Distinctions recorded are Kalevi Jäntti Award and Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 4th Class.

• Name — Jarkko Tontti • Born — 9 December 1971 • Birthplace — Tampere, Finland • Occupation — Poet, Novelist, Lawyer • Genre — Prose, Poetry • Website — jarkkotontti.net

• Haava (Wound, novel, 2021) • Perintö (Legacy, novel, 2018) • Lento (Flight, novel, 2013) • Sali (Gym, novel, 2011) • Luokkakokous (Class reunion, novel, 2007)

• Kangasalan ja Jerusalemin runot (Poems, 2024) • Lain laita (Poems, 2020) • Jacasser (Jacasser, poems, 2009) • Vuosikirja (Book of Years, poems, 2006)

• Tarkoituksista ja keinoista (Means and Ends, essays, 2022) • Viisastuminen sallittu (Wisening Permitted, essays, 2016) • Koti, uskonto ja isänmaa (Home, Religion and Fatherland, essays, 2011)

• Vedeera ja vuorten pitkät varjot (Vedeera and the Long Shadows of the Mountains, fantasy novel, 2026) • Vedeera ja polttavan auringon maa (Vedeera and the Land of Burning Sun, fantasy novel, 2022) • Vedeera vaarallisilla vesillä (Vedeera in Perilous Waters, fantasy novel, 2018) • Vedeeran taru (The Tale of Vedeera, fantasy novel, 2012)