Kari Aartoma (born 1958) is a Finnish poet, writer, translator and columnist. He lives in Turku, Finland.[1] His first work, Pilvet eivät pidä mistään kiinni (Clouds Do Not Stick To Anything), was published in 1999 by Nihil Interit.[2]

He is a member of the poetry group Hellät elätit.

His 2019 novel, Kahden Joen Kaupunki (A City of Two Rivers), deals with alcoholism. Aartoma, a self-described alcoholic, spent eight years writing the novel.[3]

Works

  • Clouds Do Not Stick To Anything (Pilvet eivät pidä mistään kiinni), Nihil Interit 1998
  • Concrete Schubert (Betonischubert), Sammakko 2001
  • Hetero, Sammakko 2005
  • The City of Two Rivers (Kahden Joen Kaupunki)

References

  1. ↑ "Aartoma, Kari: Kahden joen kaupunki". Enostone (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  2. ↑ Siro, Juha (February 28, 2000). "Kari Aartoma: Pilvet eivät pidä mistään kiinni". Kiiltomato (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Kari Aartoma kirjoitti romaanin alkoholistien elämästä - "Täytyy myöntää, että olen edelleen viinapirun vietävänä"". Sunnuntaivieras (Podcast). October 13, 2019. Retrieved 2021-12-01.


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