Leena Krohn has written about twenty books, novels, short stories, fantasy stories for children, poems, essays and radio plays. The fantasy story Ihmisen vaatteissa (Humanly Clad) has been translated into Hungarian, Swedish, Japanese, Russian etc. In English you may read The Gold of Ophir and Donna Quixote and, soon, Tainaron, too. Krohnıs collection of stories and essays, Matemaattisia olentoja tai jaettuja unia (Mathematical Beings or Shared Dreams), was awarded the Finlandia Prize (1992). Other essays are Tribar and Kynä ja kone (The Pen and the Computer).
Leena Krohnıs readers also have access to a number of her works via the World Wide Web where her home page is located at http://www.kaapeli.fi/krohn/. Her webpages include some English translations, notably a collection of short stories for children, Sphinx or Robot, which is digitally illustrated by the author.
krohn@kaapeli.fi