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Leena Krohn

Leena Krohn was a Finnish writer (born 1947). She was born at Helsinki.

Leena Krohn in brief

Born
1947
Known for
writer
Place of birth
Helsinki
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Recognition and collections

Leena Krohn received Thanks for the Book Award, Kalevi Jäntti Award, Finlandia Award, Aleksis Kivi Award, Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland and Anni Swan Medal. Work by Leena Krohn is held by Finnish National Gallery.

Catalogued works

42 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1920 to 2000. The first 12 are listed here.

Tainaron. Mathematical Beings or Shared Dreams. The Bee Pavilion: a story about swarms. Dream Death. False Window. Gorgonoids. Leena Krohn: Collected Fiction. Doña Quichotte. Pennan och maskinen. Kynä ja kone. Unelmakuolema. Mehiläispaviljonki.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 132681 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Krohn, Leena, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. Krohn, Leena: Tainaron, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. Leena Krohn materiaalisen ekokritiikin näkökulmasta, Joutsen / Svanen. Kotimaisen kirjallisuudentutkimuksen vuosikirja, 2022. Leena Krohn, La Revue de la BNU, 2026.

In detail

the recorded working language is Finnish.

Residence is recorded at Helsinki.

Work by Leena Krohn is recorded in the collections of Finnish National Gallery.

Distinctions recorded are Thanks for the Book Award, Kalevi Jäntti Award, Finlandia Award and Aleksis Kivi Award.

Chronology

  1. 1947Leena Krohn born at Helsinki.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Leena Krohn”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q693029: Leena Krohn

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