Rosa Liksom
Rosa Liksom is a Finnish writer and artist.
Biography
Rosa Liksom was born and raised in the Meänkieli-speaking town of Ylitornio in Finnish Lapland. As a teenager she moved to Rovaniemi and then to Helsinki. She studied anthropology and social sciences at the universities of Helsinki, Copenhagen and Moscow. She won the J. H. Erkko Award in 1985 for her debut novel Yhden yön pysäkki and the Finlandia Prize in 2011 for Hytti nro 6. Of these, the 2021 film version based on Hytti nro 6 was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, and it won the Grand Prix. In 2016, the French government appointed Liksom a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Works
Short stories
Yhden yön pysäkki, 1985Unohdettu vartti, 1986Väliasema Gagarin, 1987Go Moskova go, 1988Tyhjän tien paratiisit, 1989Bamalama, 1993Perhe, 2000Maa, 2006
Novels
Kreisland, Helsinki 1996Reitari, Helsinki 2002Hytti nro 6, Helsinki 2011Väliaikainen, Helsinki: Like, 2014..Burka, Helsinki: Like, 2014..Everstinna, Helsinki: Like, 2017..Väylä, Helsinki: Like, 2021..
Children's books
Jepata Nastan lentomatka, 2002Tivoli Tähtisade 2004