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Endpoint: Johanna Sinisalo



created on: 15/02/2021
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Aila Johanna Sinisalo (born 22 June 1958, Sodankylä, Finland) is a Finnish science fiction and fantasy writer. She studied comparative literature and drama, amongst other subjects, at the University of Tampere. Professionally she worked in the advertising business, rising to the level of marketing designer.

An important figure in the Finnish science fiction scene in the late 1980s and early '90s (winning a rare back-to-back collection of Atorox Awards for short fiction in the genre), she was also the first Finnish science fiction writer to make a mainstream breakthrough by breaking genre barriers.

Sinisalo was awarded the Finlandia Prize for literature in 2000 for her first novel, Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi (translated as Not Before Sundown in 2003 and again as Troll — A Love Story in 2004 for the American market). The novel has been translated into several languages. Movie rights were acquired by Carter Smith in 2006.

Sinisalo was the screenwriter of Iron Sky, a sci-fi comedy movie set in 2018. She also co-authors some picture puzzles and Tiskivuoro-comics with her husband Hannu Mänttäri.
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Submitted by : detum (11524)
on : 15/02/2021