Antti Hyry
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Antti Hyry is a Finnish
writer and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize
in 2005. In 2009 his book Uuni (oven) won the Finlandia Prize, Finland's premier prize for literature. It details a man's reflections as he collects cement and bricks to build an oven for his home. Antti Hyry is married to Maija Hyry and is the grandfather of Hanna Roos, the international arbitration lawyer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
writer and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize
Eino Leino Prize
The Eino Leino Prize is an annual prize award to top writers in Finland since 1956, with particular emphasis on poets.-Recipients:*1956 Viljo Kajava*1957 Helvi Juvonen*1958 Rabbe Enckell*1959 Aapeli *1960 Olavi Paavolainen...
in 2005. In 2009 his book Uuni (oven) won the Finlandia Prize, Finland's premier prize for literature. It details a man's reflections as he collects cement and bricks to build an oven for his home. Antti Hyry is married to Maija Hyry and is the grandfather of Hanna Roos, the international arbitration lawyer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London.