Anne Hänninen (born 7 February 1958 in

Rautalampi Rautalampi () is a municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Savonia regions of Finland, region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ...

) is a Finnish poet,

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, and writer. She studied literature and journalism. Hänninen has mostly written poetry. Hänninen's poetry "started by denouncing the possibility of living according to a rational order". Her work has been published in several

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, and has been translated into Swedish, English, Russian and Icelandic.

Selected works

Awards

*Finland Province Writers Award, 1991 *Kalevi Jäntti Prize, 1992 *Korpi Rastas Award, 1992 *Häme Art Prize, 2000 *WSOY Award, 2005

References

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