Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-11-03

Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen, born in 1966, is a Finnish author and literature teacher who grew up in Jyväskylä in Central Finland. He wrote his first short stories in the early 1990s and won a national science fiction and fantasy writing competition four times before deciding to become a writer. His work blends the familiar with hidden dimensions and has been compared to Bulgakov, Peter Høeg and Stephen King. His books have been translated into 15 languages. He twice won the Kuvastaja Award, given by the Finnish Tolkien Society for the best fantasy book of the year, in 2007 and 2011. His novel An Anatomy of Hide-and-Seek was shortlisted for the Finlandia Prize for Fiction in 2023.

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Lumikko ja yhdeksän muuta (The Rabbit Back Literature Society)

  • Core Canon books: 1
  • Current rank: #1180 in the official ranking
  • Weighted average: 3.48
  • Award recognitions: 1 won

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