Katja Kettu
Katja Maaria Kettu (born Heikkinen, April 10, 1978) is a Finnish contemporary writer and film producer. She debuted in 2005 with the novel Surujenkerääjä. The book was nominated for the Helsingin-Sanomat literature prize as best debut novel.
Katja Kettu
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- Name
- Katja Kettu
- Birth Name
- Katja Maaria Heikkinen
- Born
- 10 April 1978
- Birthplace
- Muhos, Finland
- Occupation
- Writer
- Full name
- Katja Maaria Heikkinen.
- Nationality
- Finland.
- Fields
- belletristic literature and animation.
- Known for
- The Midwife.
- Honours
- Thanks for the Book Award, Kalevi Jäntti Award, Tiiliskivi Award and Runeberg Prize.
- Languages
- Finnish.
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Katja Maaria Kettu (born Heikkinen, April 10, 1978) is a Finnish contemporary writer and film producer. She debuted in 2005 with the novel Surujenkerääjä. The book was nominated for the Helsingin-Sanomat literature prize as best debut novel.
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Her breakthrough as writer succeeded with The Midwife (Kätilö). In the book Kettu describes the love between a Finnish midwife and a German officer during the Second World War. She shows in brutal scenes of birth, abortion and murder how people are able to suffer for love. The story is inspired by the life of Kettu's grandparents.
The recorded working language is Finnish. The field of work recorded is belletristic literature and animation. Works named in the authority record are The Midwife. Distinctions recorded are Thanks for the Book Award, Kalevi Jäntti Award, Tiiliskivi Award and Runeberg Prize.
Finnish writer Katja Kettu won the Thanks for the Book Award on World Book Day in Helsinki in 2012
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• Name — Katja Kettu • Birth Name — Katja Maaria Heikkinen • Born — 10 April 1978 • Birthplace — Muhos, Finland • Occupation — Writer • Notable Works — The Midwife
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Katja Kettu is recorded as writer, film director, screenwriter, film producer and animation director.
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2022
Indagacion Gatuna (en español) de Katja Kettu (2022) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
2022
Indagacion Gatuna (en español) de Katja Kettu digitised by Internet Archive.
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- 1., animaatiokopla.fi
- 2.Flüsternde Eltern, tobende Töchter, zeit.de
- 3.Karin Füllner, Deutsch-Finnische Gesellschaft/Landesnachrichten NRW, November 2014/LN 156; S. 8; 42855 Remscheid.
- 4.Nr. 41/Oktober 2014, S. 13
- 5.Norbert Kühne, Medienhaus Bauer/Marler Zeitung und 5 weitere Ausgaben, Marl, 10. Dezember 2014
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