Jari Tervo
Jari Tervo | |
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 Jari Tervo at the Turku Book Fair 2010. | |
| Born | February 2, 1959 Rovaniemi, Finland |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Genre | Prose, Poetry |
Jari Tervo (born February 2, 1959) is a Finnish author. He is a major name in current Finnish literature.
He writes traditional plot-driven prose, sometimes more humoristic (Poliisin poika), sometimes more like a detective story (Myyrä). Often he includes autobiographical elements. For example, Kallellaan is a diary, and Minun sukuni tarina has a protagonist which is, in all but de jure, the author himself. Despite the good reputation he has gained in Finland, only one his novels have been translated into English - Among the Saints (Pyhiesi Yhteyteen) in 2014.
As another of the team captains he is also a familiar face from Finnish TV's version of Have I Got News For You, Uutisvuoto.
Bibliography
Novels
- The Court of the North (Pohjan hovi, 1992)
- Policeman's Son (Poliisin poika, 1993)
- Among the Saints (Pyhiesi yhteyteen, 1995) - published in English
- Windswept Expanse (Tuulikaappimaa, 1997)
- My Family Chronicle (Minun sukuni tarina, 1999)
- Kallellaan (2000)
- Suomemme heimo (2001)
- Rautapää (2002)
- The Mole (Myyrä, 2004)
- Ohrana (2006)
- Troikka (2008)
- Koljatti (2009)
- Layla (2011)
References
External links
Media related to Jari Tervo at Wikimedia Commons
