Aki Ollikainen

Aki Ollikainen (born 1973) is a Finnish writer.[1] A photographer and journalist by profession, Ollikainen received widespread acclaim for his debut novel Nälkävuosi (2012), an account of the Finnish famine of 1866-1868. The book won several prizes and has been translated into English by Emily Jeremiah and Fleur Jeremiah under the title White Hunger (Peirene Press, 2015).

Ollikainen lives in Kolari in northern Finland.[2][3] His second novel Musta satu was published in spring 2015.

References

  1. ↑ Press, Peirene. "Peirene Press". www.peirenepress.com. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  2. ↑ Lezard, Nicholas (2015-03-03). "White Hunger by Aki Ollikainen review – the Finnish famine in all its horror". the Guardian. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  3. ↑ "Fear of the Cold: Aki Ollikainen - Los Angeles Review of Books". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2016-06-12.


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