Finlandia Prize ふぃんらんでぃあしょう
Edition 4 (1987)
Fiction (novels)Nonfiction (factual and specialist books)Children's and young adult literature
Winners
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Helvi Hämäläinen
Winner
Helvi Hämäläinen’s poetry collection after a long silence. Vivid imagery and painful memory come to the fore, blending private confession with a wider view of the times.
A forceful, painful poetry collection that returned Hämäläinen to the spotlight.
94 pages
poetrymemorypostwar experienceself-examinationlate-career return