Katja Kettu
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Born | Katja Maaria Heikkinen April 10, 1978 Muhos, Finland |
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | Finnish |
Notable works |
Katja Maaria Kettu (born Heikkinen, April 10, 1978) is a Finnish contemporary writer and film producer. She debuted in 2005 with the novel Surujenkerääjä. The book was nominated for the Helsingin-Sanomat literature prize as best debut novel. Her breakthrough as writer succeeded with (Kätilö).[1] In the book Kettu describes the love between a Finnish midwife and a German officer during the Second World War. She shows in brutal scenes of birth, abortion and murder how people are able to suffer for love. The story is inspired by the life of Kettu's grandparents.
References[]
- ^ "The Midwife". bonnierrights.fi. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
Categories:
- 1978 births
- Living people
- People from Muhos
- Finnish dramatists and playwrights
- 21st-century Finnish novelists
- Finnish women novelists
- Writers from Northern Ostrobothnia
- 21st-century Finnish women writers