Finlandia Prize ふぃんらんでぃあしょう
Edition 33 (2016)
Fiction (novels)Nonfiction (factual and specialist books)Children's and young adult literature
Winners
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Jukka Viikilä
Winner
A historical novel structured as the fictional diary of the architect Engel. It depicts the making of Helsinki through layers of observation and reflection.
The birth of a city seen through the eyes of one architect.
architectureHelsinkihistorical fictiondiary form