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Emmi Elina Itäranta

エンミ・エリナ・イタランタ

Emmi Itaranta

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
Tampere, Finland
国籍
Finnish
言語
Finnish, English
居住地歴
Tampere, Finland → Canterbury, United Kingdom

経歴

職業
Novelist, Columnist, Theatre critic, Script writer, Press officer
活動期間
2000年〜
ノミネート
2013 Tähtivaeltaja Award nomination (Teemestarin kirja / Memory of Water), 2014 Philip K. Dick Award nominee (Memory of Water), 2014 Golden Tentacle (The Kitschies) finalist (Memory of Water), 2015 Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlist (Memory of Water), 2016 Tähtivaeltaja Award nomination (Kudottujen kujien kaupunki / The City of Woven Streets)

学歴

University of Tampere
Drama / Department of Drama
学位: 修士（MA）
国: Finland
MA in Drama
University of Kent
Creative Writing (postgraduate) / Creative Writing
期間: 2007（大学院在籍）
国: United Kingdom
Enrolled in a postgraduate Creative Writing program in 2007; began writing debut novel as coursework

受賞歴

Fantasy and Sci-Fi Literary Fiction contest (Teos)
2011
対象作品: Teemestarin kirja / Memory of Water
主催: Teos (publisher)
結果: 受賞
Kalevi Jäntti Award
2012
対象作品: Teemestarin kirja / Memory of Water
主催: Kalevi Jäntti Foundation
結果: 受賞
Nuori Aleksis Award
2013
対象作品: Teemestarin kirja / Memory of Water
主催: Nuori Aleksis
結果: 受賞
Tähtivaeltaja Award
2013
対象作品: Teemestarin kirja / Memory of Water
主催: Tähtivaeltaja
結果: 最終候補
Philip K. Dick Award
2014
対象作品: Memory of Water
主催: Philip K. Dick Award
結果: ノミネート
Golden Tentacle (The Kitschies)
2014
対象作品: Memory of Water
主催: The Kitschies
結果: ノミネート
Arthur C. Clarke Award
2015
対象作品: Memory of Water
主催: Arthur C. Clarke Award
結果: 最終候補
City of Tampere Literary Award
2016
対象作品: The City of Woven Streets (Kudottujen kujien kaupunki)
主催: City of Tampere
結果: 受賞
Premio Salerno Libro d'Europa
2016
対象作品: La Memoria dell'Acqua (Italian edition of Memory of Water)
主催: Premio Salerno
結果: 最終候補

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Memory of Water (Teemestarin kirja)

2012年 Speculative fiction (climate-change dystopia)

Set in a near-future world of severe freshwater scarcity, the novel follows Noria, who inherits knowledge of a secret water source and related memories. She must confront an oppressive system while themes of environmental crisis, resource control and personal memory are explored.

environment and climate changewater scarcitydystopiamemory and lossidentity
翻訳
  • Arabic
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • Estonian
  • French
  • Georgian
  • German
  • Hungarian
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Latvian
  • Lithuanian
  • Norwegian
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish
  • Turkish
  • Russian

The City of Woven Streets (Kudottujen kujien kaupunki)

2015年 Fantasy / Speculative fiction

Set in a city where weaving and textile culture shape everyday life, the novel explores community and individuality, memory and tradition. Characters' fates are interwoven against themes of social structure and change.

community vs. individualtradition and changememorycraftsmanship / weaving
翻訳
  • English

The Moonday Letters

2022年 Literary fiction (with speculative elements)

Published in 2022. Details are limited in the provided sources; the book is presented as a novel employing letters or epistolary elements to explore relationships, memory and perceptions of time.

letters / epistolary formrelationshipsmemory

全著作

  • Memory of Water (Teemestarin kirja)
  • The City of Woven Streets / The Weaver (Kudottujen kujien kaupunki)
  • The Moonday Letters

作品の翻訳

  • Italian edition: La Memoria dell'Acqua
  • English editions: Memory of Water; The City of Woven Streets (UK) / The Weaver (US/Canada)

作風・主題

文体
lyrical yet spare prosevisual, cinematic imageryuse of ellipsis and negative space
頻出モチーフ
waterweavingteamemorylettersnature / environment

評価・遺産

Emmi Itäranta, a Finnish-born author, is internationally recognized for works addressing climate change and resource issues. Writing in both Finnish and English, her debut Memory of Water has been translated widely and has received multiple international award nominations.

豆知識

  • Finnish novelist born in Tampere.
  • Known for writing simultaneously in Finnish and English.
  • Debut (Teemestarin kirja) won a Teos contest in 2011, published in Finnish in 2012; the English edition (Memory of Water) was published by HarperCollins in 2014.
  • Translation rights for Memory of Water have been sold to 21 territories.
  • Italian edition La Memoria dell'Acqua was among the finalists for the Premio Salerno Libro d'Europa in 2016.
  • Second novel was published in Finnish in 2015 and in English in 2016 (published as The Weaver in the US/Canada).
  • Resides in Canterbury, United Kingdom.