Rosa Liksom

1958 -

country of citizenship: Finland

languages spoken, written or signed: Finnish, Meänkieli, Helsinki slang

occupation: translator, painter, photographer, playwright, writer, cartoonist, children's writer

award received: Kalevi Jäntti Award, Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland, Finlandia Award, J. H. Erkko Award, Finnish State Prize for Literature, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Lappi-kirjallisuuspalkinto, Swedish Academy Nordic Prize

official website: www.rosaliksom.com

Rosa Liksom (born Anni Ylävaara, Ylitornio, 7 January 1958) is a Finnish writer and artist. She studied anthropology and social sciences at the universities of Helsinki, Copenhagen and Moscow. She won the J. H. Erkko Award in 1985 for her debut novel Yhden yön pysäkki and the Finlandia Prize in 2011 for Hytti nro 6. Of these, the 2021 film version based on Hytti nro 6 was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, and it won the Grand Prix. In 2016, the French government appointed Liksom a Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Source: Wikipedia (en)