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Finlandia Prize ふぃんらんでぃあしょう

Edition 25 (2008)

Fiction (novels)Nonfiction (factual and specialist books)Children's and young adult literature

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Sofi Oksanen そふぃ おくさねん Winner

Set in Estonia across the Soviet occupation and its aftermath, the novel follows how violence and humiliation linger across generations. It is a sharp study of trauma, memory, and moral reckoning.

Set in Estonia across the Soviet occupation and its aftermath, the novel follows how violence and humiliation linger across generations.

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