Brief biography

Freelance producer for radio & press

Producer for the Swedish-Language Radio of the Finnish Broadcasting Company 1974 - 2006

Head of Swedish Features and Documentaries since the start 1980 - 2006

Has produced features and documentaries touching on a number of different areas, mainly cultural

Responsible for literary criticism 1981 - 2006 at the Swedish-Language Radio

B.A. (General degree) 1968

M.A. (Honours degree) 1969 (Romance Languages, English, Comparative Literature and Modern Literature) at the University of Helsinki

Further studies at the University of Paris (La Sorbonne) and in Dallas, Texas (UTD)

Prix Italia 1988

The Prix Italia 40th Anniversary Interdisciplinary Prize 1988

The Finnish Broadcasting Company's Swedish Prize for the Best Radio Programme of the Year 1989

Prix Futura 1991

Prix Marulić 1999

The Finnish Broadcasting Company's Swedish Prize for the Best Radio Programme of the Year 2002

Joan Harms' Honorary Prize 2003

Prix Marulić 2004

The Hugo Bergroth Prize 2004

The Koura Prize, honorary Mention 2005

The Grand Prize of the Society of Swedish Authors in Finland 2005

The Prize of the Foundation for Swedish Culture in Finland 2006