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Hannu Salama

ハンヌ・サラマ

Hannu Salama

ペンネーム: Aki RautalaPen name used in the mid-1990s for crime novels

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1936-10-04 (Kouvola, Kymenlaakso, Finland)
国籍
Finnish
言語
Finnish
居住地歴
Childhood: Pispala district, Tampere (working-class neighbourhood) → Birthplace: Kouvola

経歴

職業
novelist, short story writer, essayist
活動期間
1961年〜
ノミネート
Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature (1969), Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature (1973)

受賞歴

Order of the Lion of Finland
1975
主催: Republic of Finland
結果: 受賞
Nordic Council Literature Prize
1975
対象作品: Siinä näkijä missä tekijä
主催: Nordic Council
結果: 受賞
Eino Leino Prize
1985
主催: Eino Leino Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Aleksis Kivi Award
1990
主催: Unknown
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Usual Story

1961年 Novel 160ページ

Salama's debut work. A novel/collection blending short and mid-length pieces depicting everyday life from a working-class perspective.

working-class lifeeveryday life

Midsummer Dances

1964年 Novel 200ページ

Published in 1964. A controversial work that led to a blasphemy conviction; the author was released on probation and later pardoned in 1968. Early editions were censored.

critique of religioncensorshipsocial criticism

Me, Olli and Orvokki

1967年 Novel 220ページ

One of his notable works from 1967. Sharp depiction of relationships and life within the working class.

working-class lifehuman relationshipssocial injustice

Siinä näkijä missä tekijä

1972年 Novel (part of a series) 280ページ

Considered a major work in the Finlandia series. Awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 1975.

history and memorysocial criticism

全著作

  • Se tavallinen tarina (1961)
  • Lomapäivä (1962)
  • Juhannustanssit (1964)
  • Minä, Olli ja Orvokki (1967)
  • Siinä näkijä missä tekijä (1972)
  • Kosti Herhiläinen's Probate (1976)
  • Numerous other works (including the Finlandia series and Disciples of Life series)

作風・主題

文体
realist styledetailed depiction from a working-class perspectivenarration with irony and dark humour
頻出モチーフ
working-class lifeclass and power strugglescritique of religion and morality

評価・遺産

Hannu Salama is an important Finnish writer associated with working-class literature. Despite controversies and censorship, his socially critical works have been highly regarded; he received major awards such as the Nordic Council Literature Prize and influenced Nordic literature.

豆知識

  • Convicted of blasphemy over the 1964 book Juhannustanssit and pardoned by President Urho Kekkonen in 1968.
  • Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1969 and 1973.
  • Wrote crime novels in the mid-1990s under the pen name Aki Rautala.