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by Leena Krohn e§2
About the Author e§610
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Leena Krohn was born 1947 in Helsinki. She studied philosophy, psychology and literature at Helsinki University. She lives as a free writer in Helsinki. e§612
Leena Krohn has written about twenty books, novels, short stories, fantasy stories for children, poems, essays and radio plays. e§613
Krohn's collection of stories and essays, Matemaattisia olentoja tai jaettuja unia (Matematiska varelser, transl. into Swedish by Susanne Hellsten, Sahlgrens 1995), was awarded the Finlandia Prize (1992). e§614
Leena Krohn's readers have access to a number of her writings and works via the World Wide Web where her home page is located at http://www.kaapeli.fi/krohn/ e§615
Selected Bibliography: e§616
• Ihmisen vaatteissa (1976); I Människokläder (transl. into Swedish by Thomas Warburton 1989). This fantasy story has also appeared in Hungarian, Japanese, Russian, Norwegian, Bulgarian and Estonian. e§617
• Donna Quijote ja muita kaupunkilaisia (1983); Donna Quijote (sel. transl. into Swedish by Henrika Ringbom, Artes vol 4, 1998, ss 94-101); Donna Quijote has also appeared in English (transl. by Hildi Hawkins, Carcanet 1996), French (transl. by Pierre-Alain Gendre, Ed. ésprit ouvert, 1998), Hungarian (transl. by Eva Pap and Ottilia Kovacs, Polar 1998); e§618
• Tainaron. Postia toisesta kaupungista (1985); Tainaron. Brev från en annan stad (transl. into Swedish by Thomas Warburton, 1987); Tainaron. Mail from another city (transl. by Hildi Hawkins 1998). This novel has also appeared in Hungarian and Latvian. e§619
• Kynä ja kone (1997); Pennan och maskinen (transl. by Seija Torpefält, Annamma 1998). Essays. e§620
• Pereat mundus. Romaani, eräänlainen (1998). A novel. e§621
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