Awards & Winners

Kjell Westö

Date of Birth 06-August-1961
Place of Birth Helsinki
(Finland, Uusimaa, Southern Finland Province, Helsinki-Tallin Euregio)
Nationality Finland
Also know as Kjell Anders Westö, Anders Hed
Profession Author, Journalist, Screenwriter
Kjell Westö is a Finnish author and journalist. Westö writes in Swedish. In 2006, Westö won the prestigious Finlandia Prize for his novel Där vi en gång gått. He has been long-listed for the 2007 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

Awards by Kjell Westö

Check all the awards nominated and won by Kjell Westö.

2014


Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Nordic Council's Literature Prize Hägring 38
Finland

2006


Finlandia Award
Honored for : Där vi en gång gått
(Swedish)

2003


Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Nordic Council's Literature Prize Lang
Finland

2001


Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Nordic Council's Literature Prize Vådan av att vara Skrake
Finland

1997


Thanks for the Book Award
Honored for : Drakarna över Helsingfors