Sinikka Laine

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Sinikka Laine
Born (1945-10-17) 17 October 1945 (age 78)
Riihimäki, Finland
Occupation Author, Novelist
Nationality Finnish

Sinikka Laine-Törmänen (born 17 October 1945 in Riihimäki, Finland) is a Finnish author primarily of Young-adult fiction. Her first novel Ohari was published in 1982.

Laine has won many literary awards and her novel Tyttö tuulesta, poika pimeästä (1986) won the Finnish state literature award (Finnish: Valtion kirjallisuuspalkinto).

Laine lives and works in Oulu. She is married to artist Veikko Törmänen.

Works

Novels

Short stories

  • Sata munkkipossua in Sanojen portille lyhyesti (Edited by Asko Martinheimo), WSOY 1986
  • Taiteilijaelämää, Kaltio 4 / 2003

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