Arto Salminen
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Arto Salminen (22 October 1959 – 15 November 2005) was a Finnish writer known for his social commentary.
Salminen, who was born in Helsinki, had also worked as a journalist and taxi driver; he wrote six novels which criticised with a morbid black sense of humour such current phenomena in Finnish society as neoliberalist politics, the decline of the welfare state, tabloid media, reality television and so on. His books gained a small cult following in Finland and they also received excellent reviews even though they did not sell particularly well.
His 1998 novel Varasto (Stockroom), in which the stockroom of a paint company becomes a microcosm of contemporary Finland, was dramatized for the theater in 2005.[1]
Salminen received the Koskenkorva Prize in 1998, and the Olvi Prize in 2004. He was also a Runeberg Literary Award finalist in 2002. He died of a sudden stroke at Hausjärvi in November 2005.[2]
Salminen's novel Varasto was posthumously adapted as a successful comedy film in 2011.
Bibliography[edit]
- Turvapaikka (1995)
- Varasto (1998)
- Paskateoria (2001)
- Ei-kuori (2003)
- Lahti (2004)
- Kalavale (2005)
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