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Elina Hirvonen

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January 01, 1975 in Finland

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a Finnish writer, journalist and documentary film-maker.

Hirvonen's first novel Että Hän Muistaisi Saman (When I Forgot) was first published in Finland in 2005. It was shortlisted for the Finlandia Prize. An English translation is to be published in November 2007.

Her first documentary feature film, Paradise: Three journeys in this world, is about migration from Africa to Europe. It premiered in Helsinki in 2007. This film also won the first prize in the category 'medium length films' of the Rhodes ecofilms and video arts festival in June 2008

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Average rating: 3.27 · 278 ratings · 47 reviews · 4 distinct works

	When I Forgot by Elina Hirvonen, Douglas Robinson (Translator) 3.23 avg rating — 241 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Kauimpana kuolemasta 3.51 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Et tema mäletaks sedasama 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Sata sivua: Tekstintekijän harjoituskirja by Anu Silfverberg, Elina Hirvonen 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010	My rating:

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“We talked to each other as you'd talk to a stranger you'd met while drunk after the barman calls for last orders, sure you wouldn't remember the other's face in the morning. (69)”
― Elina Hirvonen, When I Forgot

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