Tuomas Kyrö

Tuomas Kyrö (born June 4, 1974 in Helsinki) is a Finnish author and cartoonist. He has written novels, columns, causeries and plays and drawn comics and cartoons.

Tuomas Kyrö

Kyrö has received e.g. a prize from the Kalevi Jäntti Foundation in 2005 and the Young Aleksis Prize in 2006. His novel Liitto was a candidate for the Finlandia Prize in literature in 2005. The Finnish Sports Museum Foundation chose the book Urheilukirja (‘Sports Book’) as the Sports Book of the Year in 2011.[1]

Kyrö’s book Mielensäpahoittaja (‘The Man Who Gets Upset About Things’) appeared in 2010, and it was based on the radio drama series with the same title, broadcast by YLE in Radio Suomi, in which Antti Litja played the key character.[2]

Tuomas Kyrö was the first person to be granted residence in the Eeva Joenpelto authors’ home in 2005–2009. He lives in Janakkala, Finland, together with his family.

Works

Novels
  • Nahkatakki (‘Leather Jacket’). WSOY, Helsinki, 2001. ISBN 951-026-163-7
  • Tilkka. WSOY, Helsinki, 2003. ISBN 951-028-318-5
  • Liitto (‘Union’). WSOY, Helsinki, 2005. ISBN 951-030-891-9
  • Benjamin Kivi (‘Benjamin’s Stone’). WSOY, Helsinki, 2007. ISBN 978-951-033-399-0
  • 700 grammaa (‘700 Grams’). WSOY, Helsinki, 2009. ISBN 978-951-035-601-2
  • Mielensäpahoittaja. WSOY, Helsinki, 2010. ISBN 978-951-036-626-4
  • Kerjäläinen ja jänis (‘The Beggar and the Hare’). Siltala, Helsinki, 2011. ISBN 978-952-234-068-9
  • Kyrö, Tuomas & Kyrö, Antti: Pukin paha päivä (‘A Bad Day for Santa’). WSOY, Helsinki, 2011. ISBN 978-951-038-235-6
  • Miniä (‘Daughter-in-Law’). Kirjakauppaliitto, Helsinki, 2012. ISBN 978-952-677-050-5
  • Mielensäpahoittaja ja ruskeakastike. WSOY, Helsinki, 2012. ISBN 978-951-039-079-5
  • Kyrö, Tuomas & Kyrö, Antti: Pukki laivalla. WSOY, Helsinki, 2012. ISBN 978-951-039-303-1
  • Kunkku ('The King'). Siltala, Helsinki, 2013. ISBN 978-952-234-173-0.
  • Ilosia aikoja, mielensäpahoittaja. WSOY, Helsinki, 2014. ISBN 978-951-0-40762-2.

Other Works
  • Taide ja tolkku (‘Art and Reason’). WSOY, Helsinki, 2008. ISBN 978-951-034-532-0
  • Urheilukirja (‘A Sports Book’). Helsinki, Teos, 2011. ISBN 978-951-851-337-0

Sources
gollark: Tux-3 and Tux1 are merely members of the set ∀N∈ℝ TuxN.
gollark: No, it's Tux-3.
gollark: This is looking increasingly suspicious.
gollark: Their initial edit got reverted.
gollark: Their ONLY edits are to this page.

References
  1. "Tuomas Kyrön Urheilukirja myös Vuoden urheilukirja ('Tuomas Kyrö's Urheilukirja is also the Sports Book of the Year')". urheilumuseo.fi. Retrieved 2012-12-25.
  2. Hietanen, Kirsi (30 Jan 2011). "Hyvä mieli Mielensäpahoittajasta ('On a good mood thanks to Mielensäpahoittaja')". blogspot.fi. Retrieved 2012-12-25.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.