Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 48 (1996) Winner
Juha K. Tapio
ユハ・ケー・タピオ
Juha K. Tapio
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1957-10-17 （Finland）
- Nationality
- Finnish
- Languages
- Finnish
Career
- Occupations
- writer, critic
- Active Years
- 1996-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Helsingin Sanomat Literary Prize | Frankenstein's Notebook | best Finnish first novel | Helsingin Sanomat | winner |
Helsingin Sanomat Literary Prize
1996
Work:
Frankenstein's Notebook
Category:
best Finnish first novel
Organization:
Helsingin Sanomat
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Frankenstein's Notebook
1996 metafictionIn 1920s Paris, expatriate writers Gertrude Stein and Ernst Hemingway discover a manuscript appearing to be a diary by Frankenstein's monster. The monster, living as Frank Stein, recounts his post-creation adventures across 19th-century Europe, commenting on turmoil and exploring themes of fact-fiction interplay, originality, identity, and monstrosity in art.
interchange between fact and fictionoriginal and copynormality and abnormalityhuman identityoriginality in art
Bibliography
- Frankenstein's Notebook
- Short stories in Portti magazine
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- metafictional structurediary excerptsambiguity and uncertainty
- Recurring Motifs
- monsteridentitycultural traditions
Legacy
Finnish writer acclaimed for his sole novel Frankenstein's Notebook (1996), winner of the Helsingin Sanomat Literary Prize for best debut novel. A metafictional sequel to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, noted for themes on fiction, identity, and art.