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Five contemporary Finnish poets in English translation by Anselm Hollo:
RIINA KATAJAVUORI, born 1968, has published three collections of poetry in Finland, the latest being Weightless Space (1998). She has also made her debut as a novelist with Riot Girls, a story of teenage girls in contemporary Helsinki (1999). TOMI KONTIO was born 1966. His first collection of poetry won the J H Erkko prize as the best first book in 1993. He has also written lyrics for a rock group, a collection of short stories and a novel, Chasm. His latest collection of poetry is In the Sky's Treetop (1998). MIRKKA REKOLA's numerous collections include I Love You, I Tell Everyone (1972), Who Reads With You (1990) and The Sky's On Duty (1996). LAURI OTONKOSKI, born 1959, writes poetry intermingling different registers of language and using irony and parody – most recently in the collections Grey Dog’s Rondo (1992) and Black Was White (1995). KAI NIEMENEN's satirical writings in poetry and prose have been collected in Serious Poems (1997).
ANSELM HOLLO, born in Helsinki in 1934, is a poet who has been associated with the Black Mountain and Language schools of poetry in the USA. Since 1989 he has been a Professor in the Writing and Poetics Department of the Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. Recent collections include Corvus (1995) and AHOE: And How On Earth (1997).
Funding from the Finnish Literature Information Centre, the Finnish Institute in London and the Arts Council of England gratefully acknowledged.
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