Ville Hytönen (b. 1982) lives in Tallinn and has published ten poetry collections and twenty children’s books as well as radio plays and nonfiction works. His previous novel, The Dogs of God (Jumalankoirat, 2017) was critically acclaimed. In addition to his career as a writer and translator, Hytönen is known as the founder and director of a publishing company, Savukeidas. He won the 50,000 Euro ‘Sammon tekijät’ prize in 2010 and the prestigious Nuori Voima award in 2006. He has also been nominated for the Finland Junior and Arvid Lydecken prizes.
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The Heat of the Plum (2018)