Lit in Translation

Heikki Kännö

Born 1968 · Finland

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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Finlandia 2022 · Shortlist

    Ihmishämärä

    Title translated by AI:“Human Twilight”

    Heikki Kännö · 54 when first published

    Novel · 1038 pages · Speculative

    AI-generated summary:In a near future where humans have made their planet unlivable and their reign over nature is over, the old gods of Europe return and humankind fades into twilight.

  • No English yet

    Finlandia 2020 · Shortlist

    Runoilija

    Title translated by AI:“The Poet”

    Heikki Kännö · 52 when first published

    Novel · 568 pages · Historical, Speculative, Crime

    AI-generated summary:In the freezing Lyon of 1888, police hunt a killer called the Poet while a badly beaten young man turns up at a touring theatre company's camp; years later Rudolf Steiner meets a strange poet at the Nietzsche archive.