Jari Tervo

Jari Tervo
Jari Tervo at the Turku Book Fair 2010.
Born	(1959-02-02) 2 February 1959 (age 65) Rovaniemi, Finland
Occupation	Novelist
Genre	Prose, Poetry

Jari Tervo (born 2 February 1959)[1] is a Finnish author, columnist, and former TV personality. He is a major name in Finnish literature.[2]

Writing

Tervo mainly writes traditional plot-driven prose fiction, in genres ranging from comedy (Poliisin poika) to detective fiction (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.^[citation needed] Despite his renown in Finland, only one of his novels has been translated into English: Pyhiesi Yhteyteen, translated as Among the Saints in 2014.^[citation needed]. Tervo has also written books of poetry, as well as newspaper columns for Yle Uutiset, Helsingin Sanomat, and Iltalehti, among other publications.^[citation needed]

He was given the Veijo Meri Award in 2018.[3]

Tervo was published by WSOY until 2016, but followed his editor, Harri Haanpää [fi], to Otava.[2]

Television

Tervo was a team captain on Uutisvuoto,[2] a Finnish television panel show based on the BBC's Have I Got News For You,[4] from its debut in 1998 until he quit the show in 2017.[5]

Personal life

Tervo is married to the writer Kati Tervo [fi].[2]

Novels

• Pohjan hovi, 1992 (The Court of the North)
• Poliisin poika, 1993 (Policeman's Son)
• Pyhiesi yhteyteen, 1995, published in English as Among the Saints in 2014
• Tuulikaappimaa, 1997 (Windswept Expanse)
• Minun sukuni tarina, 1999 (My Family Chronicle)
• Kallellaan, 2000
• Suomemme heimo, 2001
• Rautapää, 2002
• Myyrä, 2004 (The Mole)
• Ohrana, 2006
• Troikka, 2008
• Koljatti, 2009
• Layla, 2011
• Jarrusukka, 2013
• Esikoinen, 2013
• Revontultentie, 2014
• Pyrstötähti, 2015
• Matriarkka, 2016
• Aamen, 2018
• Pääskyt talvehtivat järven pohjassa, 2021

Short story collections

• Siat ja naudat, 1994
• Taksirengin rakkaus, 1998
• Siperian tango: Valitut novellit, 1993–2003, 2003

Poetry

• Tuulen keinutuoli, 1980
• Sillankorvassa, illansuussa, 1983
• Kaistan taivasta, 1988
• Muistoja Pohjolasta, 1990
• Intialainen lippalakki: Valitut runot, 1978–90, 1999

Non-fiction

• Loiri, 2019
• Ukko, with Kati Tervo, 2022

References

1. Kylänpää, Riitta (2006). "Jari Tervo" (PDF). Suomen Kuvalehti (in Finnish). No. 31. p. 54. Retrieved Sep 28, 2015.
2. Kirssi, Elina (16 October 2016). "Jari Tervo lähdöstään: "Kirjailijalle on ehkä terveellistä katsoa työtään muuastakin suunnasta"". Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 23 January 2024.
3. "Veijo Meri Award". Otava Book Foundation. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
4. "Uutisvuoto täyttää 10 vuotta". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Feb 12, 2019. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
5. "Yle lopettaa Uutisvuoto-ohjelman kahdenkymmenen vuoden jälkeen". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Mar 19, 2018. Retrieved 2021-08-22.

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