Pajtim Statovci

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, and was published in 2017 as My Cat Yugoslavia in the UK and US. It was made into a play and staged at the Finnish National Theatre in Helsinki in 2018. His second novel, Tiranan sydän, won the Toisinkoinen Literature Prize for 2016, and was published as Crossing in the UK and the US in 2019. 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 (English title: A Cow Gives Birth At Night).

Early life

Statovci was born in Kosovo in 1990 to Albanian parents. 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. He studied comparative literature at the University of Helsinki and screenwriting at Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture.

Awards

Bibliography

Novels

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

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.
  13. ↑ "34-vuotias Pajtim Statovci voitti jo toisen kerran kaunokirjallisuuden Finlandia-palkinnon". YLE News (in Finnish). 2024-11-27. Retrieved 2025-02-05.