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Rosa Liksom

ロサ・リクソム　/　ろさ・りくそむ

Translator from Finland

January 7, 1958 (age 68)　・　Ylitornio, Lapland, Finland

Lapland
translator
painter
photographer

My Take

Rosa Liksom fascinates me because she refuses to stay in one lane. Writer, painter, photographer, playwright, translator, born in the far Finnish north of Ylitornio, she treats every medium as just another way to see. The awards back it up: a Finlandia Prize, a State Prize for Literature, even a French Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. I am especially struck that she shed her birth name, Anni Ylävaara, to invent an artistic identity, as if the self were one more thing to compose. There is a stark, Arctic clarity to that kind of reinvention, and it makes me genuinely curious to sit with her work.

Overview

Rosa Liksom (born Anni Ylävaara, Ylitornio, 7 January 1958) is a Finnish writer and artist.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Rosa Liksom
Name (Japanese): ロサ・リクソム
Reading: ろさ・りくそむ
Born: January 7, 1958 (age 68)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Dog
Origin: Ylitornio, Lapland, Finland
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: translator / painter / photographer / playwright / writer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

1987 Kalevi Jäntti Award
2013 Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland
2011 Finlandia Award
1985 J. H. Erkko Award
1987 Finnish State Prize for Literature
2016 Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
2020 Swedish Academy Nordic Prize

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttp://www.rosaliksom.com/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BD%E3%83%A0

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