Aki Ollikainen
Aki Ollikainen
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Aki Ollikainen (born 1973) is a Finnish writer.[1] A photographer and journalist by profession, Ollikainen received widespread acclaim for his debut novel Nälkävuosi (2012), an account of the Finnish famine of 1866-1868. The book won several prizes and has been translated into English by Emily Jeremiah and under the title White Hunger (Peirene Press, 2015).
Ollikainen lived in Kolari in northern Finland when he wrote Nälkävuosi.[2][3] His second novel Musta satu was published in spring 2015. He currently lives in Lohja in Southern Finland.[4]
References[]
- ^ Press, Peirene. "Peirene Press". www.peirenepress.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-04. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
- ^ Lezard, Nicholas (2015-03-03). "White Hunger by Aki Ollikainen review – the Finnish famine in all its horror". the Guardian. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
- ^ "Fear of the Cold: Aki Ollikainen - Los Angeles Review of Books". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
- ^ "Aki Ollikainen kansainvälisessä nosteessa". 19 March 2016.
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