Nominated for the Finlandia prize 2007 are:
Kohti [‘Towards’] by Juha Itkonen
Det har varit kallt i Madrid [‘It’s been cold in Madrid’] by Agneta Ara
Romeo ja Julia [‘Romeo and Juliet‘] by Jari Järvelä
Lakanasiivet [‘(The) Bed sheet wings’] by Sirpa Kähkönen
Sakset [‘(The) Scissors’] by Laura Lindstedt
Toiset Kengät [‘The other shoes’] by Hannu Väisänen
Literature researcher Laura Lindstedt is the debutant on the short list. Hannu Väisänen is a well-known Finnish artist. Swedish-speaking Agneta Ara is a Finnish novelist and poet who earlier won the Runeberg Prize for literature. Sirpa Kähkönen is a novelist and translator who has written both books for children and young adults and historical novels.
Well-known Finnish writers Jari Järvela and Juha Itkonen have both been nominated for the Finlandia Prize before. Itkonen is also on the short list for the 2007 Finlandia Junior award (literature for children and young adults) for his book
Taikuri Into Kiemura.
The 3-person selection committee read a total of 94 works. The final receiver of the Finlandia Prize for fiction is this year chosen by cultural editor Kaisu Mikkola. The winner, who will also get a 26,000-euro award sum, will be announced on the 4th of December.
Related:
Nominations for Finlandia Junior award announced
Finlandia Prize – Wikipedia