Biography
Kjell Anders Westö, born August 6, 1961, in Helsinki, is a Finnish-Swedish author. He made his debut as a poet in 1986 but quickly switched to writing short stories and eventually to novels. He made his breakthrough with the novel Drakarna över Helsingfors (1996), which together with Vådan av att vara Skrake (2000), Där vi en gång gått (2006) and Gå inte ensam ut i natten (2009) form a suite of stand-alone novels about Helsinki. Westö received the Finlandia Prize in 2006 for Där vi en gång gått and in 2014 he was awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize for Hägring 38.
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GenderMale
Birthday1961-08-06 (62 years old)
Birth NameKjell Anders Westö
Birth PlaceHelsinki, Finland
SiblingsMårten Westö
CitizenshipsFinland
AwardsFinlandia Award, Swedish Yle Literature Prize, Tollander Award, Sveriges Radio's Novel Prize, Aniara Award, Thanks for the Book Award, Samfundet De Nio's Grand Prize, Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland, Nordic Council Literature Prize
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