Three of our award-winning authors are taking France by storm, giving contemporary Finnish literature a deserved spotlight!
Award-winning authors Merja Mäki, Marisha Rasi-Koskinen, and Iida Turpeinen are touring in France and getting a much-deserved spotlight.
Merja Mäki and Iida Turpeinen have taken part in the Arctic Female Voices panel at the Petit Palais auditorium and an influencer event at the Embassy of Finland in France last Wednesday and had a chance to discuss the themes of their works in more depth, led and aided by translator Claire Saint-Germain. Mäki is currently running for the Des Racines et des Mots – Prix de la littérature de l’exil Award with her Torch-Bearer winner title Before the Birds, and Turpeinen is celebrating a warm reception of the French edition of Beasts of the Sea, that was nominated for the Best Foreign Book of the Year in 2024.
Marisha Rasi-Koskinen, who won the Runeberg Prize for her novel REC, out in France with Payot & Rivages, is joining the French tour to attend the Les Boréales Festival in Caen.
All three acclaimed award-winning authors are appearing on several days throughout the festival. The Les Boréales Festival, founded in 1992, is a cultural festival with a special focus on the artistic, literary, and dramatic scene in the Nordic and Baltic countries.
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