Tuomas Kyrö

Tuomas Kyrö

Tuomas Kyrö (born June 4, 1974 in Helsinki) is a Finnish author and cartoonist. He has written novels, columns, causeries and plays and drawn comics and cartoons.

Kyrö has received a prize from the in 2005 and the in 2006. His novel Liitto was a candidate for the Finlandia Prize in literature in 2005. The Foundation chose the book Urheilukirja (‘Sports Book’) as the Sports Book of the Year in 2011.^[1]

Kyrö’s book Mielensäpahoittaja (‘The Man Who Gets Upset About Things’) appeared in 2010, and it was based on the radio drama series with the same title, broadcast by YLE in , in which Antti Litja played the key character.^[2]

Tuomas Kyrö was the first person to be granted residence in the Eeva Joenpelto authors’ home in 2005–2009. He lives in Janakkala, Finland, together with his family.

Works[]

Novels[]

• Nahkatakki (‘Leather Jacket’). WSOY, Helsinki, 2001. ISBN 951-026-163-7
• Tilkka. WSOY, Helsinki, 2003. ISBN 951-028-318-5
• Liitto (‘Union’). WSOY, Helsinki, 2005. ISBN 951-030-891-9
• Benjamin Kivi (‘Benjamin’s Stone’). WSOY, Helsinki, 2007. ISBN 978-951-033-399-0
• 700 grammaa (‘700 Grams’). WSOY, Helsinki, 2009. ISBN 978-951-035-601-2
• Mielensäpahoittaja. WSOY, Helsinki, 2010. ISBN 978-951-036-626-4
• Kerjäläinen ja jänis (‘The Beggar and the Hare’). , Helsinki, 2011. ISBN 978-952-234-068-9
• Kyrö, Tuomas & Kyrö, Antti: Pukin paha päivä (‘A Bad Day for Santa’). WSOY, Helsinki, 2011. ISBN 978-951-038-235-6
• Miniä (‘Daughter-in-Law’). Kirjakauppaliitto, Helsinki, 2012. ISBN 978-952-677-050-5
• Mielensäpahoittaja ja ruskeakastike. WSOY, Helsinki, 2012. ISBN 978-951-039-079-5
• Kyrö, Tuomas & Kyrö, Antti: Pukki laivalla. WSOY, Helsinki, 2012. ISBN 978-951-039-303-1
• Kunkku ('The King'). Siltala, Helsinki, 2013. ISBN 978-952-234-173-0.
• Ilosia aikoja, mielensäpahoittaja. WSOY, Helsinki, 2014. ISBN 978-951-0-40762-2.

Other Works[]

• Taide ja tolkku (‘Art and Reason’). WSOY, Helsinki, 2008. ISBN 978-951-034-532-0
• Urheilukirja (‘A Sports Book’). Helsinki, , 2011. ISBN 978-951-851-337-0

Sources[]

• WSOY’s authors
• Authors on Vantaa City Library’s website

References[]

External links[]

• Tuomas Kyrö in Kirjasampo.fi:ssä (in Finnish)
• Tuomas Kyrö reads the Mielensäpahoittaja novellas, videos on the Kirjastokaista website, (in Finnish)
• Interview with Tuomas Kyrö in the Image magazine, (in Finnish)

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