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Jari Tervo | |
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![]() Jari Tervo at the Turku Book Fair 2010. | |
Born | Rovaniemi, Finland | 2 February 1959
Occupation | Novelist |
Genre | Prose, Poetry |
Jari Tervo (born 2 February 1959) [1] is a Finnish author, columnist, and former TV personality. He is a major name in Finnish literature. [2]
Tervo mainly writes traditional plot-driven prose fiction, in genres ranging from comedy (Poliisin poika) to detective fiction (Myyrä). His works often include autobiographical elements; for example, Kallellaan is a diary, and Minun sukuni tarina has a protagonist who is the author himself, all but in name.[ citation needed ] Despite his renown in Finland, only one of his novels has been translated into English: Pyhiesi Yhteyteen, translated as Among the Saints in 2014.[ citation needed ]. Tervo has also written books of poetry, as well as newspaper columns for Yle Uutiset, Helsingin Sanomat, and Iltalehti, among other publications.[ citation needed ]
He was given the Veijo Meri Award in 2018. [3]
Tervo was published by WSOY until 2016, but followed his editor, Harri Haanpää , to Otava. [2]
Tervo was a team captain on Uutisvuoto , [2] a Finnish television panel show based on the BBC's Have I Got News For You , [4] from its debut in 1998 until he quit the show in 2017. [5]
Tervo is married to the writer Kati Tervo . [2]
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