Matti Yrjänä Joensuu

Finnish writer and police officer (1948-2011) · Writers · Died at 63

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Matti Yrjänä Joensuu was a Finnish writer of crime fiction. He has been awarded the State's Literature Prize (1982), Vuoden johtolanka prize, and he has been nominated for two Finlandias. He received the Martin Beck Award in 1987.

A life in dates

2011Died4 December 20111987Best Crime Novel in Swedish TranslationAward1985Clew of the YearAward1982Finnish State Prize for LiteratureAward1948Born31 October 1948

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Awards

Best Crime Novel in Swedish Translation1987

Clew of the Year1985

Finnish State Prize for Literature1982

Cross of Merit of the Police

In common with Matti

Åke LindmanAlso in Harjunpää ja kiusantekijät (1993)

Tommi KorpelaAlso in Priest of Evil (2010)

Eero AhoAlso in Harjunpää ja kiusantekijät (1993)

Maria JärvenhelmiAlso in Priest of Evil (2010)

Ville VirtanenAlso in Priest of Evil (2010)

Laura MalmivaaraAlso in Harjunpää ja kiusantekijät (1993)