Diversity of voices, diversity of languages : one week of events and readings in Lyon and in the Rhône-Alpes region.
Sofi Oksanen
© Sigrid Nygaard
WRITER
Finland
Sofi Oksanen was born in Finland in 1977. The daugher of an Estonian mother and a Finnish father, she has become a key figure on the Finnish literary scene with just three novels and a few plays. Purge established her international reputation and earned her several literary awards in France in 2010, including the Prix Femina étranger.
Oksanen is also the author of Baby Jane, which has not been translated into French yet, and numerous articles in which she promotes the right to freedom of expression for all minorities.
