Lit in Translation

Jukka Viikilä

Born 1973 · Finland

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Finlandia 2021 · Winner

    Taivaallinen vastaanotto

    Title translated by AI:“Heavenly Reception”

    Jukka Viikilä · 48 when first published

    Novel · 379 pages · Autofiction

    AI-generated summary:After emergency heart surgery, the writer Jan Holm publishes a personal novel, and soon everyone in Helsinki has an opinion about the book and its author.

  • No English yet

    Finlandia 2016 · Winner

    Akvarelleja Engelin kaupungista

    Title translated by AI:“Watercolours from Engel's City”

    Jukka Viikilä · 43 when first published

    Novel · 215 pages · Historical

    AI-generated summary:In 1816 the German architect Carl Ludvig Engel moves with his family to Helsinki, a cold, remote rocky headland he has been hired to rebuild as a capital, and begins a private night diary.