Discussion |Diskussion, Interview, Conversation | Gespräch

Tuomas Kyrö. Photo: Mika Tuominen
Author
Tuomas Kyrö, Touko Siltala  
Date
08.10.2014  
Time
14:30 
Moderator
Suvi Schedewie 
Place
At the Frankfurt Book Fair, Finnland-Pavillon / Café. Stage.

 

On Arto Paasilinna and Finnish Humor
The father of odd Finnish humour? If so, is it possible to translate humour or do you have to know the context it is created in? Writer Tuomas Kyrö whose recent novel is an eulogy to the grand old man and Paasilinna's longtime editor Touko Siltala talk about why Paasilinna matters.