Jarkko Tontti
Jarkko Olavi Tontti is a Finnish novelist, poet, essayist and lawyer. He is former member of PEN International Executive Board and former president of Finnish PEN.
Tontti studied law, philosophy and literature at the universities of Helsinki, Edinburgh, Berlin and Brussels. Doctor of Laws 2002. He has published collections of poems, novels and essays. His first poetry collection Vuosikirja won the Kalevi Jäntti literature prize for young authors.
Tontti has worked in the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Local Court of Espoo, in the Parliament of Finland and at the University of Helsinki. He is a specialist in philosophy of law, freedom of expresion law and copyright law.
His poems have been translated into 20 languages, English, French, Spanish, Swedish, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Estonian, German, Greek, Slovenian, Latin, Czech, Marathi, Polish, Mari, Hebrew, Croatian, Romanian and Portuguese.
Novels
- Haava
- Perintö
- Lento
- Sali
- Luokkakokous
Poetry
- Kangasalan ja Jerusalemin runot
- Lain laita
- Jacasser
- Vuosikirja
Essays
- Tarkoituksista ja keinoista
- Viisastuminen sallittu
- Koti, uskonto ja isänmaa
Fantasy Novels
- Vedeera ja polttavan auringon maa
- Vedeera vaarallisilla vesillä
- Vedeeran taru