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Saad Hadi
Saad Hadi is an Iraqi writer, journalist, and visual artist born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1956. He holds a master’s...
Farzaneh Hatami Landi
Farzaneh Hatami Landi (b.1964) is from southern Iran. She came to Finland in 1990 and completed her technology studies at...
Susinukke Kosola
Daniil Kozlov (b. 1991), artist named Susinukke Kosola, is a St. Petersburg-born writer living in Turku and a mixed worker...
Elena Lapina-Balk
Elena Lapina-Balk is a writer who was born in St. Petersburg. Having received a university degree from the Leningrad Institute...
Shashank Mane
Born in Mumbai, India, I have travelled and lived around the world from a young age. Spending years in Geneva,...
Hope Nwosu
Hope Nwosu was born on April 27, 1986 in Akpugoeze, Enugu, Nigeria. She received her BA in English and Literary...
Adrian Perera
Adrian Perera, born 1986, is a writer and lives in Turku. In addition to the collection of poems White Monkey...
José Luis Rico
José Luis Rico (Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, 1987) is a poet and translator from Northern Mexico currently living in Finland. Blanco...
Riku Ryynänen
I am a 40 year old cp disabled poet. In my poetry, I try to make otherness visible, my own...
Roxana Sadvokassova
A curious lazy amoeba who’s never quite sure of own shape, size and content. Born in 1992, Kazakhstan. After having...
Helena Sinervo
Helena Sinervo is a writer, poet and translator who lives in Helsinki. She has published 11 books of poems and...
Olga Spyropoulou
Olga Spyropoulou (b. 1985, Athens) is a Finland-based performance artist, poet, and researcher, utilizing disorder as artistic practice. She is...
Nataliya Teramae
I was born in 1980 and raised until the age of 11 in a state that doesn’t exist anymore –...
Dodou Touray
I was born in The Gambia in 1966 in Banjul. After undergoing training with a governmental newspaper, I worked as...
Kári Tulinius
Kári Tulinius has published two novels, a poetry collection and a chapbook. He’s written more, but not everything is meant...
Ye Yint Thet Zwe
Ye Yint Thet Zwe (born 1965 in Yangon, Myanmar) is a Burmese poet currently based in Helsinki. He studied Myanmar...
Iida Simes: Let us see hope
The murder of Anna Politkovskaya (30.8.1958 – 7.10.2006) was immediately widely noticed by the media worldwide. The murderer shot Politkovskaya...
Discussion about freedom of expression and national security 13.9.2023
Background The event, organised by Finnish PEN, brought together experts on national security and freedom of expression, authors and journalists...
Pirita Näkkäläjärvi: Hate Speech and Indigenous People Sámi
Freedom of speech of indigenous peoples and hate speech towards indigenous peoples has not been widely studied. Academic literature on...
Joy Hyvärinen: Artistic freedom of expression
Questions related to freedom of expression can be controversial and challenging. Artistic freedom of expression can be especially challenging. Art...