Pajtim Statovci

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Pajtim Statovci (born 1990) is a Finnish novelist. His debut novel, Kissani Jugoslavia, was published in 2014, winning the Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize for best debut novel in Finnish for that year, [1] and was published in 2017 as My Cat Yugoslavia in the UK and US. [2] It was made into a play and staged at the Finnish National Theatre in Helsinki in 2018. [3] His second novel, Tiranan sydän, won the Toisinkoinen Literature Prize for 2016, [4] and was published as Crossing in the UK and the US in 2019. [5] Following the 2019 release of his third novel, Bolla, his publisher announced in February 2024 the upcoming September release of his fourth, Lehmä Synnyttää Yöllä [6] (English title: A Cow Gives Birth At Night [7] ).

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Early life

Statovci was born in Kosovo in 1990 to Albanian parents. [8] In 1992, after the outbreak of war in Yugoslavia, of which Kosovo was a part and where Albanians were persecuted, his family fled to Finland. [9] He studied comparative literature at the University of Helsinki and screenwriting at Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture. [4]

Awards

Bibliography

Novels

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Notes
  1. ↑ Briefly reviewed in the September 13, 2021 issue of The New Yorker .

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References

  1. ↑ "Pajtim Statovcin romaani voitti HS:n kirjallisuuspalkinnon". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  2. ↑ Obreht, Téa (2017-04-21). "An Uncanny Cat, a Companionable Snake and Displaced Desire". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  3. ↑ "Teatteriarvostelu: Pajtim Statovcin palkittuun romaaniin pohjaava näytelmä Kissani Jugoslavia on luonteva ja pakoton kaikessa runsaudessaan". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 2018-11-17. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
  4. 1 2 "Pajtim Statovci - Salomonsson Agency". Salomonsson Agency. Archived from the original on 2018-05-09. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  5. ↑ Cummins, Anthony (7 May 2019). "Crossing by Pajtim Statovci review – duplicity, double identity and horror". The Guardian . Retrieved 9 May 2019. Pajtim Statovci
  6. ↑ "Pajtim Statovcin odotettu neljäs romaani julkaistaan syyskuussa 2024 | Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava". www.sttinfo.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  7. ↑ "Pajtim Statovcin odotettu neljäs romaani julkaistaan syyskuussa 2024 | Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava". www.sttinfo.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  8. ↑ Reith, James (2017-09-07). "Pajtim Statovci: 'I'm drawn to fiction that makes the unimaginable possible'". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  9. ↑ Bellot, Gabrielle (2017-04-25). "A Life Altered by War and Transmuted Into Fiction". The New Yorker . Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  10. ↑ "Pajtim Statovci". Pajtim Statovci. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  11. ↑ "Finlandia fiction prize goes to Pajtim Statovci". YLE News. 2019-11-27. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  12. ↑ "The 2019 National Book Awards Finalists Announced". National Book Foundation. 2019-10-07. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
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