Zbornik Mednarodnega literarnega srečanja Vilenica 2004 - Ljudmila

Rojena 1965 v Helsinkih, je finska pesnica in avtorica devetih knjig (pesmi,
kratke zgodbe, roman). Študirala je literaturo in komunikologijo na univerzi
v Helsinkih ter diplomirala 1991. leta. Najprej je delala kot svetovalka
in predstavnica za javnost, potem je nekaj let učila kreativno pisanje, zdaj
živi kot svobodna pisateljica in prevajalka.
Leta 1998 je dobila finsko državno nagrado Plešočega medveda za najboljšo
pesniško zbirko leta. Njena dela so bila prevedena in objavljena v literarnih
revijah in antologijah v 16 različnih evropskih jezikih.
Dela: Reportaže iz teme (kratka in miniaturna proza, 1986); Prelepi sanjalec
(miniaturna proza, 1987); Krajšajoče se pesmi (miniaturna proza,
1992); Sarkofagi (pesmi, 1994), Velikan tvojega življenja (pesmi, 1996);
Mera in količina (pesmi, 1998), Sinerian (pesmi, 2000); Igra na vlaku
(roman, 2001); Leta nad vodami (pesmi, 2003).
Born 1965 in Helsinki. Poet and author of nine books (poems, short prose,
a novel) published so far (among them Sinerian, 2000, Train Play, 2001,
and The Years above the Waters, 2003). She studied general literature
and media-communication studies in the University of Helsinki. Now she
works as a free writer and literary translator. Sumari was awarded a national
book prize called The Dancing Bear Prize for the best poetry book
of the year, Measure and Quantity (1998). Her works have been translated
and published in literature magazines and anthologies in English,
Swedish, Danish, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian,
Belarussian, Hebrew, Slovak, Slovene, Romanian, Latvian and Lithuanian.
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