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Anni Kytömäki

Born 1980 · Finland

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Books on prize lists

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    Finlandia 2020 · Winner

    Margarita

    Anni Kytömäki · 40 when first published

    Novel · 581 pages · Historical, Nature

    AI-generated summary:In 1950s Finland, a spa masseuse who dreams of leaving, a soldier holding his post in fear of a coming battle, and a forester deciding which woods are kept and which are cut each follow the orders they are given.

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    Finlandia 2014 · Shortlist

    Kultarinta

    Title translated by AI:“Goldbreast”

    Anni Kytömäki · 34 when first published

    Novel · 644 pages · Historical, Nature, Family

    AI-generated summary:Spring 1917: the son of a rich Helsinki forest owner meets a working girl from the backwoods. As others take sides before the civil war, he leaves for the northern wilderness to guard the forests.