Sinikka Laine
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Sinikka Laine-Törmänen is a Finnish
author
primarily of Young-adult fiction. Her first novel Ohari was published in 1982.
Laine has won many literary awards and her novel Tyttö tuulesta, poika pimeästä (1986) won the Finnish state literature award .
Laine lives and works in Oulu
. She is married to artist Veikko Törmänen
.
Finland
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primarily of Young-adult fiction. Her first novel Ohari was published in 1982.
Laine has won many literary awards and her novel Tyttö tuulesta, poika pimeästä (1986) won the Finnish state literature award .
Laine lives and works in Oulu
Oulu
Oulu is a city and municipality of inhabitants in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, in Finland. It is the most populous city in Northern Finland and the sixth most populous city in the country. It is one of the northernmost larger cities in the world....
. She is married to artist Veikko Törmänen
Veikko Törmänen
Veikko Johannes Törmänen is a Finnish artist, who paints and makes graphic art. His works were displayed for the first time in a solo exhibition in Oulu Finland in 1972....
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Novels
- Ohari, WSOY 1982. ISBN 951-0-11369-7
- Ei kenenkään, ei koskaan, WSOY 1984. ISBN 951-0-12189-4
- Tyttö tuulesta, poika pimeästä, WSOY 1986. ISBN 951-0-13861-4
- Silkkiuikku, WSOY 1988 (as DanishDanish languageDanish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
translation: Sommerpigen, 1990) ISBN 951-0-15266-8 (Danish translation: ISBN 87-00-69234-4) - Sininen ruoho, WSOY 1990, ISBN 951-0-16616-2
- Jos et pelkää pimeää, WSOY 1991. ISBN 951-0-17070-4
- Töyhtö, WSOY 1992. ISBN 951-0-18245-1
- Myrtti, yhden talven tyttö, WSOY 1994. ISBN 951-0-19020-9
- Kuujuhla, WSOY 1995. ISBN 951-0-20404-8
- Hyvästi, valkoinen, WSOY 1996. ISBN 951-0-20654-7
Short stories
- Sata munkkipossua in Sanojen portille lyhyesti (Edited by Asko Martinheimo), WSOY 1986
- Taiteilijaelämää, Kaltio 4 / 2003