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Tua Forsström

1947 - Today

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Tua Birgitta Forsström (born 2 April 1947) is a Finland-Swedish writer who writes in Swedish. She was awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 1998 for the poetry collection Efter att ha tillbringat en natt bland hästar. Forsström's work is known for its engagement with the Finnish landscape, travel and conflicts within relationships. She often uses quotations in her work, sometimes placing them directly into her poems and at other times using them as introductions or interludes in her sequences. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tua Forsström is the 4,879th most popular writer (up from 5,241st in 2019), the 302nd most popular biography from Finland (up from 314th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Finnish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tua Forsström ranks 4,879 out of 7,302. Before her are Suniti Kumar Chatterji, Olav Aukrust, Lucy Hawking, Sultan Bahu, Pieter Jelles Troelstra, and Paul Theroux. After her are Dương Thu Hương, Peter Ackroyd, Eugenio Espejo, Pêro Vaz de Caminha, Steven Millhauser, and Antoni Malczewski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Tua Forsström ranks 531. Before her are Dagmar Käsling, Rudolf Scharping, Steve Marriott, Aneka, Richard Portnow, and Moses Blah. After her are Dương Thu Hương, Tatyana Vasilyeva, Moufida Tlatli, Sef Vergoossen, Abraham Laboriel, and Guy François.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Tua Forsström ranks 302 out of 751. Before her are Eino Kaila (1890), Pentti Eskola (1883), Peter Franzén (1971), Harri Rovanperä (1966), Urho Peltonen (1893), and Jouko Törmänen (1954). After her are Kalervo Toivonen (1913), Aulis Kallakorpi (1929), Kaarlo Koskelo (1888), Leo Makkonen (1948), Adolf Ehrnrooth (1905), and Timo Kotipelto (1969).

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Among WRITERS In Finland

Among writers born in Finland, Tua Forsström ranks 26. Before her are Sofi Oksanen (1977), Frans Michael Franzén (1772), Lydia Chukovskaya (1907), Uma Aaltonen (1940), Adolf Ivar Arwidsson (1791), and Rosa Liksom (1958). After her are Märta Tikkanen (1935), Antti Tuuri (1944), Kjell Westö (1961), Eeva-Liisa Manner (1921), Hannu Salama (1936), and Leena Krohn (1947).

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