![]() ![]() Among other awards, Krohn has received also the State Award for Literature. Tainaron (1985) was a nominee for the World Fantasy Award and International Horror Guild Award, and The Bee Pavillion (2006) a nominee for the Nordic Council Literature Prize. She was awarded the Finlandia Prize in 1993 for Mathematical Creatures or Shared Dreams, and nominated for it for Hotel Sapiens (2013). ![]() One of the greatest visionaries in Finnish literature, Krohn’s works have been translated to over 20 languages.Īfter her debut Green Revolution (1970) Krohn has created a number of literary works, including novels, children’s books, short stories and essays. Her sly humor and lucid language speak of our existence in very strange realms with courage and intelligence. She has developed her ideas from the visible and the invisible, from consciousness and self, death and life, reality and illusion, good and evil. ![]() TAINARON consists of a series of letters sent beyond the sea from a city of insects. 1947) writing forms an impressive body of work. TAINARON: Mail From Another City is the first American publication by the internationally acclaimed Finnish author, Leena Krohn. ![]()
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