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Born | Kjell Westö 6 August 1961 Helsinki, Finland |
Pen name | Anders Hed |
Language | Swedish |
Nationality | Finnish |
Period | 1986– |
Notable works |
Där vi en gång gått Mirage 38 |
Kjell Westö (born August 6, 1961 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish author and journalist. Westö writes in Swedish.
In 2006, Westö won the Finlandia Prize for his novel Där vi en gång gått. He has been long-listed for the 2007 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize (2014) for Hägring 38.