Pajtim Statovci

Pajtim Statovci (born 1990[1]) is a Finnish novelist.[2] His debut novel, My Cat Yugoslavia, was first published in 2014 and won the Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize for best debut novel in Finnish for that year.[3] His second novel, Heartlines, won the Toisinkoinen Literature Prize for 2016.[4]

Early life

Statovci was born in Kosovo in 1990.[1] In 1992, after the outbreak of war in Yugoslavia, of which Kosovo was a part, his family fled to Finland.[5] He studied comparative literature at the University of Helsinki and screenwriting at Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Reith, James (2017-09-07). "Pajtim Statovci: 'I'm drawn to fiction that makes the unimaginable possible'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  2. ↑ Obreht, Téa (2017-04-21). "An Uncanny Cat, a Companionable Snake and Displaced Desire". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  3. ↑ "Pajtim Statovcin romaani voitti HS:n kirjallisuuspalkinnon". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  4. 1 2 "Pajtim Statovci - Salomonsson Agency". Salomonsson Agency. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  5. ↑ Bellot, Gabrielle (2017-04-25). "A Life Altered by War and Transmuted Into Fiction". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2017-10-08.



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