The recognition award of the Writers’ Association has been awarded since 1949 and is worth 10,000 euros.
To Leena Krohn has been awarded the recognition award of the Finnish Writers’ Association in recognition of the author’s production and work for the benefit of literature.
“Leena Krohn’s narrator’s voice is unique and her imagination is limitless. He wrote novelty and realistic fantasy long before genres were named,” the award’s justification says.
Krohn (b. 1947) has written numerous novels, short stories and essays as well as books for children and young people since the 1970s. He has also illustrated his works himself, such as the picture book in the form of poetry published in February of the current year Heart friend. In a collection of essays published in March 2021 What I never learned Among other things, Krohn wrote about his own growth as a writer.
Krohn received numerous literary awards, such as the State Prize for Literature in 1989 and the Finlandia Prize in 1992 for his work Mathematical entities or shared dreams. Also a novel published in 2013 Hotel Sapiens was a candidate for Finlandia.
The recognition award of the Writers’ Association has been awarded since 1949 and is worth 10,000 euros.