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Aila Johanna Sinisalo
Johanna Sinisalo in October 2008.
Johanna Sinisalo in October 2008.
BornAila Johanna Sinisalo
(1958-06-22) 22 June 1958 (age 65)
Sodankylä, Finland
Pen nameJohanna Sinisalo
Occupationscience fiction and fantasy writer.
NationalityFinnish
GenreScience fiction, fantasy
Notable awardsAtorox Award, Finlandia Prize, The James Tiptree Jr. award, Prometheus Award
LiteratureXcange Festival in Aarhus (Denmark 2023)

Aila Johanna Sinisalo is a Finnish science fiction and fantasy writer.[1] She studied comparative literature and drama, amongst other subjects, at the University of Tampere.[2] Professionally she worked in the advertising business, rising to the level of marketing designer.

An important figure in the Finnish science fiction scene in the late 1980s and early '90s (winning a rare back-to-back collection of Atorox Awards for short fiction in the genre), she was also the first Finnish science fiction writer to make a mainstream breakthrough by breaking genre barriers.

Fiction

Sinisalo was awarded the Finlandia Prize for literature in 2000 for her first novel, Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi (translated as Not Before Sundown in 2003 and again as Troll — A Love Story in 2004 for the American market).[3][4] The novel has been translated into several languages. Movie rights were acquired by Carter Smith in 2006.[5]

An English translation of Linnunaivot was published in 2010 by Peter Owen Publishers under the title Birdbrain (translated by David Hackston).

She has named the 1967 novel Friday, or, The Other Island by French writer Michel Tournier as a major influence on her career.[2]

Screenwriting

She is also the screenwriter of Energia Productions Iron Sky movie, a sci-fi comedy set in 2018.[6]

Awards

Bibliography

Novels

Short fiction

She has published over 40 short stories, most of them fantasy and science fiction in various in sci fi magazines, journals and women's magazines. Her work has also appeared in the following anthologies:

Editor

Television

Comics

References

  1. ^ "Johanna Sinisalo / FILI". Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Popular Finnish authors reveal the books that shaped their student years". www.study.eu. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  3. ^ Burns, John (2004) "Troll, by Johanna Sinisalo, translated by Herbert Lomas", Straight.com, 13 May 2004, retrieved 2010-01-20
  4. ^ Lehmann, Chris (2004) "After He Was Out of the Woods ", Washington Post, 18 May 2004, retrieved 2010-01-20
  5. ^ "Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi -romaanista elokuva". mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). 29 May 2006. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  6. ^ Woerner, Meredith (2009) "Space Nazi Movie Finally Launches Into Production", i09.com, December 30, 2009, retrieved 2010-01-20
  7. ^ Payne, Marshall (2009) "Johanna Sinisalo 2009 Interview", nebulaawards.com, retrieved 20 January 2010
  8. ^ The Blood of Angels, Kirkus Reviews,: 1 November 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  9. ^ Natalie Zutter, "Replacing Handmaids With Elois: The Core of the Sun by Johanna Sinisalo", 4 January 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  10. ^ Jason Heller, "Finnish Authors Heat Up The Speculative Fiction World", NPR, 24 January 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.

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