Rosa Liksom

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Rosa Liksom
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BornAnni Ylävaara
(1958-01-07) 7 January 1958 (age 63)
Ylitornio, Lapland, Finland
Pen nameRosa Liksom
NationalityFinnish
Alma mater
Period1985 - present
Notable works
  • Yhden yön pysäkki
  • Hytti nro 6
Website
www.rosaliksom.com/home
Liksom presenting herself in Finnish at the Gothenburg bookfair in 2012.

Rosa Liksom (born Anni Ylävaara, Ylitornio, 7 January 1958) is a Finnish writer and artist. She studied anthropology and social sciences at the universities of Helsinki, Copenhagen and Moscow. She won the J. H. Erkko Award in 1985 for her debut novel Yhden yön pysäkki and the Finlandia Prize in 2011 for Hytti nro 6. Of these, the 2021 film version based on Hytti nro 6 was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival,[1] and it won the Grand Prix.[2]

Works[]

Short stories[]

  • Yhden yön pysäkki, 1985
  • Unohdettu vartti, 1986
  • Väliasema Gagarin, 1987
  • Go Moskova go, 1988
  • Tyhjän tien paratiisit, 1989
  • Bamalama, 1993
  • Perhe, 2000
  • Maa, 2006

Novels[]

  • Kreisland, Helsinki 1996
  • Reitari, Helsinki 2002
  • Hytti nro 6, Helsinki 2011
  • Väliaikainen, Helsinki: Like, 2014. ISBN 978-952-01-1096-3.
  • Burka, Helsinki: Like, 2014. ISBN 978-952-01-1127-4.
  • Everstinna, Helsinki: Like, 2017. ISBN 978-952-01-1656-9.

Children's books[]

  • Jepata Nastan lentomatka, 2002
  • Tivoli Tähtisade 2004

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