Tuomas Kyrö
Illustration — Tuomas Kyrö Tuomas Kyrö (born June 4, 1974, in Helsinki) is a Finnish author and cartoonist. He has written novels, columns, causeries and plays and drawn comics and cartoons. Kyrö has received a prize from the Kalevi Jäntti Foundation in 2005 and the Young Aleksis Prize in 2006.
Tuomas Kyrö
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- Full name
- Tuomas Tapani Kyrö.
- Born
- 1974. · Helsinki.
- Nationality
- Finland.
- Occupation
- writer, comics artist, screenwriter and caricaturist.
- Honours
- Thanks for the Book Award, Kalevi Jäntti Award and Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland.
- Languages
- Finnish.
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Illustration — Tuomas Kyrö Tuomas Kyrö (born June 4, 1974, in Helsinki) is a Finnish author and cartoonist. He has written novels, columns, causeries and plays and drawn comics and cartoons. Kyrö has received a prize from the Kalevi Jäntti Foundation in 2005 and the Young Aleksis Prize in 2006.
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His novel Liitto was a candidate for the Finlandia Prize in literature in 2005. The Finnish Sports Museum Foundation chose the book Urheilukirja (‘Sports Book’) as the Sports Book of the Year in 2011. Kyrö's book Mielensäpahoittaja (‘The Man Who Gets Upset About Things’) appeared in 2010, and it was based on the radio drama series with the same title, broadcast by YLE in Radio Suomi, in which Antti Litja played the key character. The first person to be granted residence in the Eeva Joenpelto authors’ home in 2005–2009. He lives in Janakkala, Finland, together with his family.
The recorded working language is Finnish. The field of work recorded is belletristic literature, caricature and comic. Places of work recorded in the authority are Helsinki. Residence is recorded at Janakkala. Distinctions recorded are Thanks for the Book Award, Kalevi Jäntti Award and Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland.
• Nahkatakki (‘Leather Jacket’). WSOY, Helsinki, 2001. • Tilkka. WSOY, Helsinki, 2003. • Liitto (‘Union’). WSOY, Helsinki, 2005. • Benjamin Kivi (‘Benjamin's Stone’). WSOY, Helsinki, 2007. • 700 grammaa (‘700 Grams’). WSOY, Helsinki, 2009. • Mielensäpahoittaja. WSOY, Helsinki, 2010. • Kerjäläinen ja jänis (‘The Beggar and the Hare’). Siltala, Helsinki, 2011. • Kyrö, Tuomas & Kyrö, Antti: Pukin paha päivä (‘A Bad Day for Santa’). WSOY, Helsinki, 2011. • Miniä (‘Daughter-in-Law’). Kirjakauppaliitto, Helsinki, 2012. • Mielensäpahoittaja ja ruskeakastike. WSOY, Helsinki, 2012. • Kyrö, Tuomas & Kyrö, Antti: Pukki laivalla. WSOY, Helsinki, 2012. • Kunkku ('The King'). Siltala, Helsinki, 2013.. • Ilosia aikoja, mielensäpahoittaja. WSOY, Helsinki, 2014..
Other works
Other works
• Taide ja tolkku (‘Art and Reason’). WSOY, Helsinki, 2008. • Urheilukirja (‘A Sports Book’). Helsinki, Teos, 2011.
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1974
Tuomas Kyrö was born on 4 June 1974.
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Janakkala.
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Helsinki.
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