Jari Tervo (born 2 February 1959) is a
Finnish
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author. He is a major name in current
Finnish literature
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.
He writes traditional plot-driven
prose
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, ranging from humorous (''Poliisin poika'') to a detective story (''Myyrä''). His works often include autobiographical elements; for example, ''Kallellaan'' is a diary, and ''Minun sukuni tarina'' has a protagonist who is the author himself, all but in name.
Despite his renown in Finland, only one of his novels have been translated into English: ''Among the Saints'' (Pyhiesi Yhteyteen) in 2014.
He was also one of the team captains on
Finnish TV's version of
Have I Got News For You,
Uutisvuoto
Uutisvuoto (Finnish for "newsleak" - the pun works equally in both languages) is the Finnish version of the popular British television quiz show '' Have I Got News For You''. Broadcast on Saturday nights on Yle TV1 since 1998, the show received v ...
, from the beginning of the show in 1998 until 2017.
Bibliography
Novels
* ''The Court of the North'' (''Pohjan hovi'', 1992)
* ''Policeman's Son'' (''Poliisin poika'', 1993)
* ''Among the Saints'' (''Pyhiesi yhteyteen'', 1995) - published in English in 2014.
* ''Windswept Expanse'' (''Tuulikaappimaa'', 1997)
* ''My Family Chronicle'' (''Minun sukuni tarina'', 1999)
* ''Kallellaan'' (2000)
* ''Suomemme heimo'' (2001)
* ''Rautapää'' (2002)
* ''The Mole'' (''Myyrä'', 2004)
* ''Ohrana'' (2006)
* ''Troikka'' (2008)
* ''Koljatti'' (2009)
* ''Layla'' (2011)
References
Introduction
External links
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1959 births
Living people
People from Rovaniemi
Finnish writers
Writers from Lapland (Finland)
Finnish television personalities