Heli Laaksonen

Heli Laaksonen
Born (1972-09-28) 28 September 1972
Turku
Nationality Finnish
Genre Poetry
Notable awards Lari Paraske Prize

Heli Pauliina Laaksonen (born 28 September 1972, Turku) is a Finnish writer, poet and performer. She lives in Rauma in southwest Finland.[1] Laaksonen writes in the dialect of south-west Finland.

Laaksonen's audiobook Jänes pussis, which is read by herself, sold 15,000 copies in Finland.[2] She received the Larin Paraske Prize by the Kalevala Women's Federation in 2009.[3]

Life

Laaksonen grew up in Uusikaupunki. From her mother's side her roots are in Halikko, while her father's family is from Lokalahti.

Laaksonen studied at the University of Turku with a major degree in Finnish and graduated as a Master of Philosophy in 2000. He also studied at the University of Tartu in Estonia in 1992 and 1999. Laaksonen worked as a teacher at the Helsinki School of Social Communication and Language in 1996-2000 and as an University of Helsinki Applied Sciences as a Communications Instructor in 1997-2001. In 2001-2004, she worked as a Laitila cultural project manager, and since 2004, she has had her own business, Sanatoimisto Hulimaa. In 2011, Laaksonen moved to Rauma Lappi.

She has also had several poetry tours around Finland and performances with writer Elina Wallin.[4] With Wallin Heli Laaksonen has made a book for children: Semmoset ja Tommoset - Tapleti arvotus is written by Wallin and illustrated by Laaksonen.

Laaksonen was interested in Estonian poetry. She translated poems written by Jan Rahman's Võru dialect to the dialect of the southwest after having studied Rahman's work in 1997.

Works

  • Maapuupäiv. Jan Rahman & Heli Laaksonen Turku: Sammakko, 2000. ISBN 952-5194-86-8
  • Pulu uis. Poems. Turku: Sammakko, 2000. ISBN 952-5194-33-7.
  • Raparperisyrän. Poems. Turku: Sammakko, 2002. ISBN 952-5194-38-8.
  • Sulavoi. Poems. Helsinki: Otava, 2006. ISBN 951-1-20697-4.
  • Peippo vei. Poems. Helsinki: Otava, 2011. ISBN 978-951-1-25006-7.
  • Sekaherelmäpuu: Kolumnei. Some of the columns and scripts appeared earlier in various magazines. Turku: Sammakko, 2004. ISBN 952-5194-86-8.
  • Ilo joka elättelöö: Lauri Tähkä ja Elonkerjuu. Helsinki: Otava, 2008. ISBN 978-951-1-22531-7.
  • Lukkosulaa ja lumpeenkukkia. Kaksinäytöksinen hapankomedia. Helsinki: Otava, 2008. ISBN 978-951-1-22690-1.
  • Pursu, tarina- ja marinakirja. Helsinki: Otava, 2009. ISBN 978-951-1-23838-6.
  • Elo ilman kirjaa on teeskentelyä. 90 vuotta kirjakauppaa Laitilassa. Laitila: Laitilan Kirjakauppa, 2012. ISBN 978-952-9-29932-4.
  • Aapine. Aakkossi niil ko ymmärtävä jo pualest sanast. Illustrated by Elina Warsta. Helsinki: Otava, 2013. ISBN 978-951-1-26782-9.
  • Lähtisiks föli?. Illustrated by Heli Laaksonen. Graphic design by Elina Warsta. Otava, 2015. ISBN 978-951-1-29064-3.
  • Sylvia, Tuija ja laulava patja. Also in drama! Kynälä, 2016. ISBN 978-952-68595-0-7.
  • Ole ise! Collection of poetry in Estonian Hiiumaa dialect, translated by Järvi Kokla. 2017. ISBN 978-994-96042-4-1

References

  1. ↑ Administrator. "CV". www.hulimaa.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2017-10-14.
  2. ↑ "Heli Laaksosen runolevy myi kultaa". ts.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2017-10-14.
  3. ↑ https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/artikkeli/Heli+Laaksonen+sai+Larin+Paraske+-palkinnon/1135250101013/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ "Murrenaisten kuntalaisaloite: Porista ja Raumasta ystävyyskaupungit". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 2017-10-14.
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