British Edition Not Before Sundown ( Peter Owen Publishers, 2003) American edition Troll - A Love Story ( Grove Atlantic, 2004).Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi, ( Tammi, 2000).Pro Finlandia medal, Order of the Lion of Finland, 2022.The Core of the Sun won the 2017 Prometheus Award for Best Novel.She has won the Atorox Award for best Finnish science fiction short story in 1986, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1997, and 2001.She was nominated for a Nebula Award in 2009 for the short story 'Baby Doll'.The novel was also awarded The James Tiptree Jr. Sinisalo was awarded the Finlandia Prize for literature in 2000 for Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi ( Not Before Sundown, also known as Troll - A Love Story).She is also the screenwriter of Energia Productions Iron Sky movie, a sci-fi comedy set in 2018. She has named the 1967 novel Friday, or, The Other Island by French writer Michel Tournier as a major influence on her career.

Īn English translation of Linnunaivot was published in 2010 by Peter Owen Publishers under the title Birdbrain (translated by David Hackston). Movie rights were acquired by Carter Smith in 2006. The novel has been translated into several languages. Sinisalo was awarded the Finlandia Prize for literature in 2000 for her first novel, Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi (translated as Not Before Sundown in 2003 and again as Troll - A Love Story in 2004 for the American market). Professionally she worked in the advertising business, rising to the level of marketing designer.Īn important figure in the Finnish science fiction scene in the late 1980s and early '90s (winning a rare back-to-back collection of Atorox Awards for short fiction in the genre), she was also the first Finnish science fiction writer to make a mainstream breakthrough by breaking genre barriers. She studied comparative literature and drama, amongst other subjects, at the University of Tampere. award, Prometheus AwardĪila Johanna Sinisalo is a Finnish science fiction and fantasy writer. Atorox Award, Finlandia Prize, The James Tiptree Jr.

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