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Leena Elisabeth Krohn was born 1947 in Helsinki. She studied philosophy, psychology and literature at Helsinki University. She lives as a free writer in Helsinki.

Leena Krohn has written about twenty books, novels, short stories, fantasy stories for children, poems, essays and radio plays.

Krohn's collection of stories and essays, Matemaattisia olentoja tai jaettuja unia (Matematiska varelser, transl. into Swedish by Susanne Hellsten, Sahlgrens 1995), was awarded the Finlandia Prize (1992).

Leena Krohn's readers have access to a number of her writings and works via the World Wide Web where her home page is located at http://www.kaapeli.fi/krohn/

Bibliography (selection)

Ihmisen vaatteissa, 1976

Translated into Swedish by Thomas Warburton (I Människokläder, 1989)

This fantasy story has also appeared in Hungarian, Japanese, Russian, Norwegian, Bulgarian and Estonian.

Donna Quijote ja muita kaupunkilaisia, 1983

Sel. transl. into Swedish by Henrika Ringbom, (Donna Quijote, Artes vol 4, 1998, ss 94-101)

Donna Quijote has also appeared in English (transl. by Hildi Hawkins, Carcanet 1996), French (transl. by Pierre-Alain Gendre, Ed. ésprit ouvert, 1998), Hungarian (transl. by Eva Pap and Ottilia Kovacs, Polar 1998).

Tainaron. Postia toisesta kaupungista, novel, 1985

Tainaron. Brev från en annan stad (transl. into Swedish by Thomas Warburton, 1987); Tainaron.

Mail from another city (transl. by Hildi Hawkins 1998).

This novel has also appeared in Hungarian and Latvian.

Kynä ja kone, essays, 1997

Pennan och maskinen (transl. by Seija Torpefält, Annamma 1998).

Pereat mundus. Romaani, eräänlainen, novel, 1998

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