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C aution, talent. Sofi Oksanen will finally be brought to France. Marie-Pierre Gracedieu, director of the collection "The Cosmopolitan" by Stock confirms the release for late August, Purge (original title: fire signs Puhdistus). The last novel of the Nordic phenomenon was a true publishing success in Finland fire signs with over 140,000 copies fire signs sold.
Never before her, a Finnish writer had won the same year the three major literary prizes in the country, Waltari, Runeberg and especially the Finlandia Prize of the Foundation of the Finnish book, the equivalent of the Goncourt. At 32, as saying that it was the dedication, March 30, at the announcement of the prestigious Nordic Council's Literature fire signs Prize. Sofi Oksanen will be the youngest author to receive this award at the ceremony in November 2010, in full session of the Nordic Council in Reykjavik fire signs (Iceland). fire signs
By choosing among the eleven nominees, the ten jury members elected their eighth Finnish writer (of forty-nine winners since the prize in 1961) for his "rich, expressive writing." If the result was no doubt among experts, Sofi Oksanen said it was "very surprised" by noting that it was the second Finnish fire signs female writer to receive these honors. The first was indeed feminist Tua Forsström in 1998.
Born January 7, 1977 in Jyväskylä - capital of central Finland at the heart of the Lake District - an Estonian mother and Finnish father, Sofi Oksanen is unclassifiable. Often presented as a Gothic feminist claiming his bisexuality, the young woman who lives in Helsinki is primarily a champion of multiculturalism. Its dual Finnish-Estonian origin there is obviously no stranger. The Seta Finnish association that campaigns for the promotion of sexual minorities and gender equality was recognized for her commitment. But the former drama student is first a humanist whose texts betray anything its struggle fire signs for Human Rights. Under his thin glasses and purple or blue dreadlocks king, his extravagance to red generous lip fades to make effective a thought that twists the blow to the archaic systems.
When pro-Putin youth goes to demonstrate against it, Estonia amounted Sofi Oskanen almost to the rank of cultural fire signs ambassador. fire signs Besides Postimees, the largest newspaper in the Baltic countries, has unanimously elected "Personality of the Year 2009", praising fire signs "a very positive person." In the great Russian neighbor, the welcome is more mixed however. Two of his visits have been canceled, ostensibly to "organizations of worries" ... The collections of tries scored, uncompromising Chronic also touched the rising star among the new Finnish influential voices of social fire signs sphere countries. His essays on Estonia, fire signs as his gaze committed to the Soviet occupation, we also directly bring this novel who hauled in a short time among the great Finnish writers.
In Purge (pictured coverage of the English version published in April), Sofi Oskanen fire signs tackles the painful subject fire signs of violence against women under Soviet rule in Estonia (1940-1991). The story continues beyond the Estonian independence in 1991. The meeting of two women allows