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An important influence on this books was maps, geography and travellling – a theme which somewhat continued in my next book, Maisemasta läpi (”Through the Landscape”, 2009). By the publication of this second book I had also graduated (as an MA) from the university, and started doing some non-fiction translation work (English-Finnish). My third book, Auringon koko voimalla (”With All the Strenght of the Sun”) was published in 2011. This collection is a semi-fictional reconstruction of the life of Napoleon Bonaparte and his wife Joséphine – a historical theme that was something completely new for me, but something I loved doing. My latest collection, View-Master, was published in 2012, and contains poetry written in ”broken” and (I hope) humorous language – the basic idea was maybe to try and prove that ”funny” and ”serious” are not opposite poles but can be combined. I have also continued my career as a translator, and I am currently finishing my third novel translation. I have also translated poetry for literary magazines and for a chamber music festival. I have received two literary awards: the Kalevi Jäntti prize for young authors for my first book, and the ”Brick”-award of the University of Tampere for my latest book. I have spent time in several artist residencies around Europe, e.g. in France, Iceland, Italy and Prague. Currently I am working on a poetry script as well as a script for my first novel.

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