Tähtifantasia Award

Tähtifantasia Award is an annual prize by Helsingin science fiction seura ry for the best foreign fantasy book released in Finland.^[1][2]

Recipients

2015

• (winner) Terry Pratchett: FC Akateemiset (Unseen Academicals, 2009.) Translated by Mika Kivimäki. Karisto, 2014.

Other shortlisted books:

• Kate Atkinson: Elämä elämältä (Life After Life, Schildts & Söderströms)
• Robert W. Chambers: Keltainen kuningas (The King in Yellow, Basam Books)
• Machado de Assis: Kuolematon ja muita novelleja (short story collection, Sammakko)
• Liz Williams: Kultainen lohikäärme (Precious Dragon, Like)

2014

• (winner) Bruno Schulz: Kanelipuodit ja muita kertomuksia (The Street of Crocodiles, short story collection, 1934.) Translated from Polish by Tapani Kärkkäinen. Basam Books, 2013.

Other shortlisted books:

• Aloysius Bertrand: Yön Kaspar (Gaspard de la Nuit, Savukeidas)
• Eowyn Ivey: Lumilapsi (The Snow Child, Bazar)
• C. S. Lewis: Kasvoista kasvoihin (Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold, Kirjapaja)
• Catherynne M. Valente: Tyttö joka purjehti Satumaan ympäri itse rakentamallaan laivalla (The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, Gummerus)

2013

• (winner) Steph Swainston : Uusi maailma (The Modern World, 2007.) Translated by Jyri Pekka Mäkelä. Like, 2012.

Other shortlisted books:

• Anders Fager: Pohjoiset kultit (Svenska kulter: Skräckberättelser, Atena Kustannus)
• Terry Pratchett: Posti kulkee (Going Postal, Karisto)
• Liz Williams: Aavekauppiaan tytär (Snake Agent, Like)
• Gene Wolfe: Kiduttajan varjo (The Shadow of the Torturer, Gummerus)

2012

• (winner) Andrzej Sapkowski: Kohtalon miekka (Sword of Destiny, short story collection, 1992.) Translated from Polish by Tapani Kärkkäinen. WSOY, 2011.

Other shortlisted books:

• John Ajvide Lindqvist: Kultatukka, tähtönen (Lilla Stjärna, Gummerus)
• Hal Duncan: Pako helvetistä! (Escape from Hell!, Like)
• China Miéville: Toiset (The City and the City, Karisto)
• Ali Shaw: Tyttö joka muuttui lasiksi (The Girl with Glass Feet, Atena Kustannus)

2011

• (winner) Andrzej Sapkowski: Viimeinen toivomus (The Last Wish, short story collection, 1990.) Translated from Polish by Tapani Kärkkäinen. WSOY, 2010.

Other shortlisted books:

• Terry Pratchett: Yövartiosto (Night Watch, Karisto)
• Patrick Rothfuss: Tuulen nimi (The Name of the Wind, Kirjava)
• Mari Strachan: Hiljaisuus soi H-mollissa (The Earth Hums In B Flat, Karisto)
• Steph Swainston: Kuolemattomien kaarti (The Year of Our War, Like)

2010

• (winner) Haruki Murakami: Kafka rannalla (Kafka on the Shore, 2002.) Translated by Juhani Lindholm from English edition. Tammi, 2009.

Other shortlisted books:

• Joe Abercrombie: Ase itse (The Blade Itself, Kirjava)
• Jorge Luis Borges: Kuvitteellisten olentojen kirja (The Book of Imaginary Beings, Teos)
• Joe Hill: Bobby Conroy palaa kuolleista ja muita kertomuksia (20th Century Ghosts, Tammi)
• Ursula K. Le Guin: Lavinia (Lavinia, WSOY)

2009

• (winner) Ellen Kushner: Thomas Riiminiekka. (Thomas the Rhymer, 1990.) Translated by Johanna Vainikainen-Uusitalo. Vaskikirjat, 2008.

Other shortlisted books:

• Gregory Maguire: Noita (Wicked, Sammakko)
• Patricia A. McKillip: Basiliskin laulu (Song for the Basilisk, Karisto)
• José Saramago: Oikukas kuolema (As Intermitências da Morte, Tammi)
• Robert Silverberg: Kuningas Gilgameš (Gilgamesh the King, Vaskikirjat)

2008

• (winner) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o: Variksen Velho. (Wizard of the Crow, 2006.) Translated by Seppo Loponen. WSOY, 2007.

Other shortlisted books:

• Lord Dunsany: Haltiamaan kuninkaantytär (The King of Elfland's Daughter, Vaskikirjat)
• Scott Lynch: Locke Lamoran valheet (The Lies of Locke Lamora, WSOY)
• Sean Stewart: Matkijalintu (Mockingbird, Karisto)
• J. R. R. Tolkien: Húrinin lasten tarina (The Children of Húrin, WSOY)

2007

• (winner) Jeff VanderMeer: Pyhimysten ja mielipuolten kaupunki. (City of Saints and Madmen, 2001). Translated by Johanna Vainikainen-Uusitalo. Loki-kirjat, 2006.

Other shortlisted books:

• Jonathan Carroll: Valkoiset omenat (White Apples, Loki-kirjat)
• Jukka Halme (editor): Uuskummaa? (Kirjava, a short story collection)
• George R.R. Martin: Miekkamyrsky 2 (A Storm of Swords, part 2, Kirjava)
• Patricia A. McKillip: Unohdettu Ombria (Ombria in Shadow, Karisto)

See also

Tähtivaeltaja Award, the corresponding award for best translated science fiction book

Sources