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Erik Wahlström

Born 1945 · Finland

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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Finlandia 2010 · Shortlist

    Flugtämjaren

    Title translated by AI:“The Fly Tamer”

    Erik Wahlström · 65 when first published

    Novel · 302 pages · Historical

    AI-generated summary:The aged Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finland's national poet, seen without his halo: his life is told in reverse, back to his first years, while the friends, rivals and mistresses around him judge what he got right and wrong.

  • No English yet

    Finlandia 2004 · Shortlist

    Den dansande prästen

    Title translated by AI:“The Dancing Priest”

    Erik Wahlström · 59 when first published

    Novel · 473 pages · Historical

    AI-generated summary:A freely told life of Uno Cygnaeus, later hailed as the father of Finland's elementary schools, which starts from a hushed-up fact: as a young priest he had a son with his housekeeper.