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Hannu Veikko Luntiala (born October 12, 1952) is the former Director General of the Population Register Centre in
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for Tammi and Aviador Kustannus, both Finnish publishing companies.


Career at Population Register Centre

Hannu Luntiala made the
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degree in the
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in 1979. In the same year, he began his career at the Population Register Centre and has since worked in the office in several different positions, e.g. as the Head of Administration and Educational Affairs. Luntiala became the Director in 1995 and later the Director General in 2003. He retired on November 1, 2016. Population Register Centre is a Finnish state authority responsible for development of population information system, nationwide information services and certificate services of
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.


Career as an author

Hannu Luntiala's poetry and short stories have been published in several anthologies and
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since the 1980s. In 1999, Luntiala was one of the winners of a
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contest organized by the
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. In 2002, he won a
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contest organized in honor of the 100-year anniversary of the Finnish author Toivo Pekkanen, with his story of an immigrant, called ''Musta'' ("Black"). In 2006, Finnish publishing company Tammi published Luntiala's short story collection, ''Hommes'' ( French for "men", "people"). ''Hommes'' is a collection of short stories about melancholic and restricted Finnish males who cannot communicate with their loved ones. Luntiala's debut novel ''Viimeiset viestit'' ("Last Messages") was published in 2007. It is a story told in form of
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in its entirety. It is said to be the world's first text message novel. In 2008, ''Viimeiset viestit'' was nominated for the European Book Prize (Prix du Livre Européen). It has been translated to Croatian,
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and Estonian. ''Viimeiset viestit'' was followed by the novel ''In memoriam'' in 2008. It mostly consists of fictional
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and a man trying to piece them together. Luntiala's third novel, ''Petri Vallin toinen elämä'' ("The Other Life of Petri Vall"), was released in 2010. It is about a man who steals a dead man's identity, abandoning his old life and starting a new one as Petri Vall. Aviador Kustannus published Luntiala's fourth novel, titled ''Ihmissyöjän päiväkirja'' ("The Diary of a Man-Eater"), in fall 2016 in Finland. It tells the story of two immigrant body lice. Luntiala's first non-fiction book was ''Jazzia Jumalan armosta – Juhani Aaltosen tarina'', published in fall 2017. It tells the story of Juhani "Junnu" Aaltonen, a Finnish saxophonist and flautist. Luntiala's fifth novel, ''Rekisteri'' ("Register"), was published in fall 2021. The book is about power structures that obstruct self-determination.


Works

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Awards and honors

* ''Finnish Cultural Foundation's grand poetry contest'', 1999, one of the winners * ''Toivo Pekkanen 100-year memorial short story contest'', 2002, winner with the short story ''Musta'' * ''Nuoren Voiman Liiton ja Gummeruksen novellikilpailu'', 2002, honorable mention for the short story ''En ole mikään luontoihminen''


References


External links


"Write now is good." blog's English interview with Hannu Luntiala

Information of Hannu Luntiala and his works at Tammi.fi (in Finnish)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Luntiala, Hannu 1952 births Living people Writers from Helsinki Finnish writers