Jari Tervo
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Jari Tervo (born 2 February 1959)<ref name=sk>Template:Cite magazine</ref> is a Finnish author, columnist, and former TV personality. He is a major name in Finnish literature.<ref name="Iltalehti_2016">Template:Cite news</ref>
Writing
Tervo mainly writes traditional plot-driven prose fiction, in genres ranging from comedy (Poliisin poika) to detective fiction (Myyrä). His works often include autobiographical elements; for example, Kallellaan is a diary, and Minun sukuni tarina has a protagonist who is the author himself, all but in name.Template:Citation needed Despite his renown in Finland, only one of his novels has been translated into English: Pyhiesi Yhteyteen, translated as Among the Saints in 2014.Template:Citationneeded. Tervo has also written books of poetry, as well as newspaper columns for Yle Uutiset, Helsingin Sanomat, and Iltalehti, among other publications.Template:Citationneeded
He was given the Veijo Meri Award in 2018.<ref name="award">Template:Cite web</ref>
Tervo was published by WSOY until 2016, but followed his editor, Template:Interlanguage link, to Otava.<ref name="Iltalehti_2016"/>
Television
Tervo was a team captain on Uutisvuoto,<ref name="Iltalehti_2016"/> a Finnish television panel show based on the BBC's Have I Got News For You,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> from its debut in 1998 until he quit the show in 2017.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Personal life
Tervo is married to the writer Template:Interlanguage link.<ref name="Iltalehti_2016"/>
Novels
- Pohjan hovi, 1992 (The Court of the North)
- Poliisin poika, 1993 (Policeman's Son)
- Pyhiesi yhteyteen, 1995, published in English as Among the Saints in 2014
- Tuulikaappimaa, 1997 (Windswept Expanse)
- Minun sukuni tarina, 1999 (My Family Chronicle)
- Kallellaan, 2000
- Suomemme heimo, 2001
- Rautapää, 2002
- Myyrä, 2004 (The Mole)
- Ohrana, 2006
- Troikka, 2008
- Koljatti, 2009
- Layla, 2011
- Jarrusukka, 2013
- Esikoinen, 2013
- Revontultentie, 2014
- Pyrstötähti, 2015
- Matriarkka, 2016
- Aamen, 2018
- Pääskyt talvehtivat järven pohjassa, 2021
Short story collections
- Siat ja naudat, 1994
- Taksirengin rakkaus, 1998
- Siperian tango: Valitut novellit, 1993–2003, 2003
Poetry
- Tuulen keinutuoli, 1980
- Sillankorvassa, illansuussa, 1983
- Kaistan taivasta, 1988
- Muistoja Pohjolasta, 1990
- Intialainen lippalakki: Valitut runot, 1978–90, 1999
Non-fiction
- Loiri, 2019
- Ukko, with Kati Tervo, 2022