WRITER

Rosa Liksom

1958 - Today

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Rosa Liksom (born Anni Ylävaara, Ylitornio, 7 January 1958) is a Finnish writer and artist. She studied anthropology and social sciences at the universities of Helsinki, Copenhagen and Moscow. She won the J. H. Erkko Award in 1985 for her debut novel Yhden yön pysäkki and the Finlandia Prize in 2011 for Hytti nro 6. Of these, the 2021 film version based on Hytti nro 6 was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, and it won the Grand Prix. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rosa Liksom is the 4,835th most popular writer (up from 5,021st in 2019), the 294th most popular biography from Finland (down from 291st in 2019) and the 25th most popular Finnish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Rosa Liksom ranks 4,835 out of 7,302. Before her are Paula Fox, C. L. Moore, Sidney Howard, Horst Bienek, Roger Ascham, and C. A. Rosetti. After her are I. A. L. Diamond, Helen Fielding, Günter Kunert, Eugenio Montejo, Nh. Dini, and Erlend Loe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Rosa Liksom ranks 258. Before her are Yasushi Akimoto, Jello Biafra, Michael López-Alegría, Jennifer Saunders, Eddie Cheever, and Heinz Hermann. After her are Helen Fielding, Elisabeth Andreassen, Dileita Mohamed Dileita, Curtis T. McMullen, Pedro Costa, and Gary Numan.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Rosa Liksom ranks 294 out of 751. Before her are Rainer von Fieandt (1890), Sulo Bärlund (1910), Urho Castrén (1886), Ville Pörhölä (1897), Antero Kivi (1904), and Pekka Vasala (1948). After her are Kullervo Manner (1880), Eino Kaila (1890), Pentti Eskola (1883), Peter Franzén (1971), Harri Rovanperä (1966), and Urho Peltonen (1893).

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Among WRITERS In Finland

Among writers born in Finland, Rosa Liksom ranks 25. Before her are August Ahlqvist (1826), Sofi Oksanen (1977), Frans Michael Franzén (1772), Lydia Chukovskaya (1907), Uma Aaltonen (1940), and Adolf Ivar Arwidsson (1791). After her are Tua Forsström (1947), Märta Tikkanen (1935), Antti Tuuri (1944), Kjell Westö (1961), Eeva-Liisa Manner (1921), and Hannu Salama (1936).

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