Jari Tervo

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Jari Tervo
Jari Tervo at the Turku Book Fair 2010.
Born	(1959-02-02) February 2, 1959 (age 62) Rovaniemi, Finland
Occupation	Novelist
Genre	Prose, Poetry

Jari Tervo (born February 2, 1959) is a Finnish author. He is a major name in current Finnish literature.

He writes traditional plot-driven prose, ranging from humorous (Poliisin poika) to a detective story (Myyrä). His works often include autobiographical elements; for example, Kallellaan is a diary, and Minun sukuni tarina has a protagonist who is the author himself, all but in name. Despite his renown in Finland, only one of his novels have been translated into English: Among the Saints (Pyhiesi Yhteyteen) in 2014.

He was also one of the team captains on Finnish TV's version of Have I Got News For You, Uutisvuoto, from the beginning of the show in 1998 until 2017.

Bibliography[]

Novels[]

• The Court of the North (Pohjan hovi, 1992)
• Policeman's Son (Poliisin poika, 1993)
• Among the Saints (Pyhiesi yhteyteen, 1995) - published in English in 2014.
• Windswept Expanse (Tuulikaappimaa, 1997)
• My Family Chronicle (Minun sukuni tarina, 1999)
• Kallellaan (2000)
• Suomemme heimo (2001)
• Rautapää (2002)
• The Mole (Myyrä, 2004)
• Ohrana (2006)
• Troikka (2008)
• Koljatti (2009)
• Layla (2011)

References[]

• Introduction

External links[]

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