country: Finland

Hunger

What is it that drives and compels people? I thought as I moved with the crowd of people toward the passport check. What gypsy blood moves me? I thought when I saw my bag x-rayed, and the jumble of books and clothes and all the blank and filled papers there. What’s the hurry to see […]

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Raija Siekkinen

Raija Siekkinen was born in Kotka, southeast Finland, in 1953. She studied literature, folklore, and philosophy, worked in a library and as a literary critic, and from 1984 until her death in 2004 she made her living primarily from writing. Siekkinen wrote fifteen books, including novels, short story collections, children’s books, and plays. She was […]

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