Kjell Westö

Kjell Westö
Kjell Westö
Born	Kjell Westö (1961-08-06) 6 August 1961 Helsinki, Finland
Pen name	Anders Hed
Language	Swedish
Nationality	Finnish
Period	1986–
Notable works	Där vi en gång gått Mirage 38

Kjell Westö (born August 6, 1961 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish author and journalist. Westö writes in Swedish.

In 2006, Westö won the Finlandia Prize for his novel Där vi en gång gått. He has been long-listed for the 2007 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize (2014) for Hägring 38.

Bibliography

• Tango orange (1986)
• Epitaf över Mr. Nacht (1988)
• Avig-Bön (1989; under the pseudonym Anders Hed)
• Utslag och andra noveller (1989)
• Fallet Bruus. Tre berättelser (1992)
• Drakarna över Helsingfors (1996)
• Metropol (1998; with Kristoffer Albrecht)
• Vådan av att vara Skrake (2000)
• Lang (2002)
• Lugna favoriter (2004)
• Där vi en gång gått (lit. Where We Once Went, novel, 2006)
• Gå inte ensam ut i natten (2009)
• Sprickor : valda texter 1986-2011 (2011)
• Mirage 38 (Swedish: Hägring 38, novel, 2013)

Awards

• Thanks for the Book Award 1997
• De Nios Vinterpris 2001
• The Finlandia Prize 2006
• Nordic Council's Literature Prize 2014

External links

• Westö on the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award site
• French presentation of 'Les sept livres de Helsingfors' on the intercultural site Culture a confine