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Bulgarian
Colibri Publishers of Sofia has published the best-known novel by
Arto Paasilinna, Jäniksen vuosi (The Year of the
Hare, Gummerus). The translator is Ralitsa Petrunova.
Czech
Kari Hotakainen's Finlandia-winning novel Juoksuhaudantie
('The Trench Road', WSOY) has been published under the title Na
domácí fronte by dybbuk of Prague. The translator
is Vladimír Piskor.
The novel
Hirtettyjen kettujen metsä ('The forest of the hanged
foxes', WSOY) by Arto Paasilinna has been translated by Jan Petr
Velkoborský. The title is Les obesených lisek,
and the publisher is Hejkal of Havlíckuv Brod.
English
An anthology entitled New Finnish Fiction and edited by Emily
Jeremiah, containing work by the writers Tiina Raevaara, Sinikka
Vuola, Armas Alvari, Sari Vuoristo, Jenni Tiuraniemi, Pirkko Pullinen,
Miina Supinen, Outi Alm, Kitti Nurmi, Jussi Siirilä, Essi Henriksson
and Martti Joenpolvi has been published by Gummerus of Helsinki.
The translator is David Hackston.
Anita
Konkka's novel Hullun taivaassa ('In madman's heaven', Tammi)
has been published under the title A Fool's Paradise. The
translators are A.D. Haun and Owen Witesman. The publisher is Dalkey
Archive Press of Normal (Illinois, USA).
The literary
magazine Ice-Floe. International Poetry of the Far North,
published by Ice-Floe Press of Anchorage, has published poems by
Merja Virolainen, Carina Karlsson, Eino Santanen, Jouni Inkala,
Jaana Kokko and Vilja-Tuulia Huotarinen (Volume VII. Number 1. Summer
Solstice 2006). The translators are Sarka Hantula and Carina Karlsson.
A book
for children by Riitta Jalonen and Kristiina Louhi, Minä,
äiti ja tunturihärkki ('I, mother and alpine chickweed',
Tammi) has been published under the title Tundra Mouse Mountain.
An Arctic Journey, translated by J.M. Ledgard. The publisher
is WingedChariot Press of Tunbridge Wells, Kent (UK).
Five poems
by Eeva-Liisa Manner from her collection Kuolleet vedet ('Dead
waters', Tammi, 1977) have been translated by Seija Paddon and published
on the internet in ActionYes Online Quarterly. Vol. 1, Issue 2.
Summer 2006.
www.action-yes.org/issue2/manner/manner1.html
Estonian
The novel Laituri matkalla mereen ('A jetty to the sea',
WSOY) by Daniel Katz has been translated by Kalle Kurg. The title
is Paadisild triivib merele; the publisher is Eesti Raamat
of Tallinn.
French
A selection of poems by Paavo Haavikko has been published under
the title L'herbier noir. Quarante années de poèmes.
The translator is Gabriel Rebourcet, the publisher Riveneuve of
Marseille.
Rebourcet
has also translated a selection of Pentti Holappa's poetry. The
title is Les mots longs. Poèmes 1950—2003,
and the publisher is Gallimard of Paris.
German
The novel Datura (WSOY) by Leena Krohn has been published
by Blumenbar of Munich under the title Stechapfel. The translator
is Elina Kritzokat.
Arto Salminen's
play Varasto ('Storehouse'), based on his novel of the same
name, has been published (as a photocopy) under the title Das
Warenlager. The translator is Stefan Moster and the publisher
is Nordic Drama Corner of Helsinki.
Greek
The international bestseller of the 1940s by Mika Waltari, Sinuhe
egyptiläinen (The Egyptian, WSOY, 1945) has been
translated by Maria Marzoukou. The publisher is Kalendis of Athens.
Hungarian
A selection of poems by Lauri Otonkoski has been published under
the title Tengervízégböl lehulló angyalok.
The translator is Johanna Domokos, the publisher is Napkút
Kiadó of Budapest.
The first
novel by Ranya Paasonen (then ElRamly), Auringon asema ('The
position of the sun', Otava), has been published by Polar Alapítvány
of Budapest. The title is A nap állása, and
the translator is Éva Györffy.
Italian
Kari Hotakainen's novel Sydänkohtauksia eli kuinka tehtiin
Kummisetä ('Heart attacks or how Godfather was made', WSOY)
has been translated by Tullia Baldassarri Höger Von Högersthal.
The title is Colpi al cuore. Come fu girato Il Padrino. The
publisher is Iperborea of Milan.
Iperborea
has also published the novel Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha ('A
charming mass suicide', WSOY) by Arto Paasilinna. The title is Piccolo
suicidi tra amici, and the translators are Maria Antonietta
Ianella and Nicola Rainò.
Norwegian
The novel Iisakin kirkko ('The Isaac's cathedral', WSOY)
by Kari Hotakainen has been translated by Tor Tveite. The title
is Isakskatedralen and the publisher is Cappelen of Oslo.
Polish
Leena Lander's novel Käsky ('The order', WSOY) has been
translated by Bozena Kojro; the title is Rozkaz. The publisher
is Wydawnictwo Kojro of Warsaw.
Rumanian
Tove Jansson's Moomin book Trollkarlens hatt (Finn Family
Moomintroll; Schildts) has been published by Echinox of Cluj.
The title is Palaria vrajitorului and the translator is Marilena
Aldea Velican.
Russian
Arto Paasilinna's novel Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha ('A charming
mass suicide', WSOY) has also appeared in Russian; the translator
is Anna Voronkova, the publisher is Olga Morozova Publishers of
Moscow. It has also published Paasilinna's Jäniksen vuosi (The
Year of the Hare, Gummerus). The translator is Ilja Ouretski.
Amphora
of St Petersburg has published the novel Ennen päivänlaskua
ei voi (Not before sundown, Tammi). The translator is
L.A. Virolainen.
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