Six books are competing for the 2022 Finlandia Prize for Literary Literature. The prize will be awarded on the last day of November.
This is the 35th time that non-fiction Finlandia is distributed. Readers can also vote for their favorite on the Finlandiaprófjot.fi page.
All Finlandia prizes will be awarded on Wednesday 30 November 2022. In addition to non-fiction, the prize goes to the winners of fiction and children’s and youth literature.
Yleisradio will broadcast the event live on TV1 and Areena. Broadcast starts at 19:00.
The candidates are:
In the jury’s opinion, the book is a sympathetic cross-section of Finland. It makes visible the life of different groups of people in the transition period in an easily approachable way. The work, written on the basis of interview materials, gives the impression of people who live in different realities. Common to all is the experience of a big screw that squeezes.
According to Raadi, Katajavuori’s uncompromising speech about the state of nature and the future will not make it easy for the environmentally conscious reader. The book takes the reader’s responsibility for overconsumption. According to the jury, the work is literary activism based on knowledge, without forgetting emotion.
The biography of rye, about Finland’s national grain, opens with expertise and common sense, what all the little grain contains. In Raadi’s opinion, the work is an exciting dive into biology, evolution and cultural history, from the Stone Age to future food production.
The new book about the fire in Turku opens a completely new perspective on the past tragedy, where the flames almost burn the reader. The work sticks to the facts and expands individual people and the past of one city into a larger narrative. It tells about European history, communication, even Goethe.
*The enchantment of the promised land. Christian friends of Israel in Finland* (Gaudeamus)
Stewart’s work sheds light on the friendship with Israel that has long influenced Finland. Christians’ relations with Israel have aroused many kinds of contradictions. According to the jury, the book helps to understand the complex relationship between religion and politics and the unquenchable conflict in the Middle East.
The Finlandia Prize for non-fiction is a recognition given by the Finnish Book Foundation for a meritorious Finnish non-fiction book. The award is given to a work that can be considered to significantly promote readers’ interest in non-fiction with a skillful narrative. The Finlandia prizes are worth 30,000 euros each.
The Finlandia prize for literature was established in 1984. In 1989, Tietokirjat received its own Finlandia prize.