Rosa Liksom
Rosa Liksom (born Anni Ylävaara, Ylitornio, 7 January 1958) is a Finnish writer and artist.
Rosa Liksom
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- 1958.
- Nationality
- Finland.
- Occupation
- translator, painter, photographer, playwright, writer, cartoonist, children's writer, film director and artist.
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Rosa Liksom (born Anni Ylävaara, Ylitornio, 7 January 1958) is a Finnish writer and artist.
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Rosa Liksom (born 1958) is a Finnish artist, cartoonist and children's writer, among other activities. The artist was born Anni Ylävaara in Ylitornio.
Languages used include Finnish, Helsinki slang and Meänkieli. Rosa Liksom received Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Finlandia Award and Finnish State Prize for Literature, among others.
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Biography
Biography
Rosa Liksom was born and raised in the Meänkieli-speaking town of Ylitornio in Finnish Lapland. As a teenager she moved to Rovaniemi and then to Helsinki. She studied anthropology and social sciences at the universities of Helsinki, Copenhagen and Moscow. She won the J. H. Erkko Award in 1985 for her debut novel Yhden yön pysäkki and the Finlandia Prize in 2011 for Hytti nro 6. Of these, the 2021 film version based on Hytti nro 6 was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, and it won the Grand Prix. In 2016, the French government appointed Liksom a Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Short stories
Short stories
Yhden yön pysäkki (One Night Stands), 1985 Unohdettu vartti (The Forgotten Quarter-Hour), 1986 Väliasema Gagarin, 1987 Go Moskova go, 1988 Tyhjän tien paratiisit, 1989 Bamalama, 1993 Perhe, 2000 Maa, 2006
Novels
Novels
Kreisland, Helsinki 1996 Reitari, Helsinki 2002 Hytti nro 6, Helsinki 2011 Väliaikainen, Helsinki: Like, 2014. ISBN 978-952-01-1096-3. Burka, Helsinki: Like, 2014. ISBN 978-952-01-1127-4. Everstinna, Helsinki: Like, 2017. ISBN 978-952-01-1656-9. Väylä, Helsinki: Like, 2021. ISBN 978-951-1-39955-1.
Finnish writer Rosa Liksom at the WSOY bookstore on the Night of the Arts in Helsinki, 2011.
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Finnish writer Rosa Liksom was performing during the Night of the Arts in Helsinki, 2011.
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1958
Rosa Liksom was born on 7 January 1958.
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- 1.Rosa Liksom My Helsinki. My Helsinki.
- 2.Sharf, Zack. Cannes Film Festival 2021 Lineup: Sean Baker, Wes Anderson, and More Compete for Palme d'Or. IndieWire. 3 June 2021.
- 3.CNN Cannes Film Festival 2021
- 4.Les Arts et Lettres pour Riikka Ala-Harja, Rosa Liksom, Kai Kartio et Stuba Nikula. La France en Finlande - Ambassade de France à Helsinki.
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