Hannu Salama
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Hannu Sulo Salama (born 4 October 1936) is a Finnish author. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1969 and 1973.[1][2]
Biography and work
Hannu Salama was born in
Despite his working-class background Salama has never admitted to be a working-class novelist. He has maintained his critical autonomy both to the left and to the right. But it has to be said that according to the two main characteristics of the working-class literature and author – a person comes from the working-class and deals with workers' world, its ordinary issues as well as controversies with the elite – he belongs to the long tradition of working-class authors.
Of Salama's books, his Finlandia Series probably enjoys the greatest literary reputation, including among all Kosti Herhiläisen perunkirjoitus, Kolera on raju bändi and Pasi Harvalan tarina I–III. Hannu Salama has also published collections of poetry. In the mid-1990s he wrote three crime novels under the pen name Aki Rautala.
List of works
- Se tavallinen tarina (1961)
- Juhannustanssit (1964)
- Minä, Olli ja Orvokki (1967)[3]
- Siinä näkijä missä tekijä (1972)
- Näkymä kuivaushuoneen ikkunasta (1988)
- Elämän opetuslapsia IV (2004)
Prizes
- Eino Leino Prize (1985)
- Aleksis Kivi Prize (1990)
External links
- Hannu Salama. Interview in Tamperelainen from 17 December 2005.
- Salama, Hannu at Uppslagsverket Finland (in Swedish).
References
- ^ "Nomination archive – Hannu Sulo Salama". nobelprize.org.
- ^ ""Nobelarkivet-1973"" (PDF). svenskaakademien.se. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ Hannu Salama: Minä, Olli ja Orvokki (in Finnish)