Translator from Polish of both academic and literary works as well as a writer on Polish literary history, with specialisation in the history of…
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Tapani Kärkkäinen
(b. 1962) is a translator of Polish literature into Finnish. He has translated books by Manuela Gretkowska, Ryszard Kapuściński, Hanna Krall, Małgorzata Lebda, Andrzej Sapkowski, Bruno Schulz, Wojciech Szabłowski, Wojciech Tochman, Olga Tokarczuk, Michał Witkowski, and stage plays by, among others, Sławomir Mrożek, Tadeusz Słobodzianek, and Stanisław Ignacy Witkowski. He is the author of guides to the culture of Warsaw and Kraków and of an anthology of Central European café texts entitled Kadonnutta kahvilaa etsimässä (“Searching for the Lost Café”). He has also translated Polish feature films and documentaries. For the Finnish translation of Tokarczuk’s Bieguni he received the Mikael Agricola Prize.
Translations
- Mizielińscy, Aleksandra & Daniel, Mapy / Suuri Karttakirja. 2014.
- Sapkowski, Andrzej, Sezon burz / Myrskyausi. 2017.
- Sapkowski, Andrzej, Pani Jeziora / Järven neito. 2016.
- Sapkowski, Andrzej, Chrzest ognia / Tulikaste. 2014.
- Sapkowski, Andrzej, Czas pogardy / Halveksunnan aika. 2013.
- Sapkowski, Andrzej, Krew elfów / Haltiain verta. 2012.
- Sapkowski, Andrzej, Wieża Jaskółki / Pääskytorni. 2015.
- Sapkowski, Andrzej, Ostatnie życzenie / Viimeinen toivomus. 2010.
- Sapkowski, Andrzej, Miecz przeznaczenia / Kohtalon miekka. 2011.
- Schulz, Bruno, Sklepy cynamonowe, Sanatorium pod Klepsydrą / Kanelipuodit ja muita kertomuksia. 2013.
- Schulz, Bruno, Wichura / Vihuri. 2008.
- Krall, Hanna, Król kier znów na wylocie / Herttuankinän matkat. 2008.
- Krall, Hanna, Druga matka / Toinen äiti. 2005.
- Krall, Hanna, Aavesärkyä ja muita tosia tarinoita. 2010.
- Heschles, Janina, Oczyma dwunastoletniej dziewczynki / Janinan päiväkirjat. 2015.
- Korczak, Janusz, Prawo dziecka do szacunku / Lapsen oikeus kunnioitukseen. 2011.
- Gretkowska, Manuela, Kabaret metafizyczny / Metafyysinen kabaree. 2001.
- Edelman, Marek, Miłość w getcie / Rakkautta getossa. 2011.
- Witkowski, Michał, Lubiewo / Hutsula. 2007.
- Tokarczuk, Olga, Bieguni / Vaeltajat. 2012.
- Tokarczuk, Olga, Prawiek i inne czasy / Alku ja muut ajat. 2007.
- Tokarczuk, Olga, Dom dzienny, dom nocny / Päivän talo, yön talo. 2004.
- Kapuściński, Ryszard, Heban / Eebenpuu. 2002.
- Kapuściński, Ryszard, Imperium / Imperiumi. 1993.
- Kapuściński, Ryszard, Cesarz / Keisari. 2006.
- Lipszyc, Rywka, Dziennik Rywki Lipszyc / Ghettopäiväkirja. 2016.
- Mrożek, Sławomir, Tango / Tango. 2000.
- Boy-Żeleński, Tadeusz, Kuźnie intelektu / Älyn pajat. 2000.
- Słobodzianek, Tadeusz, Nasza klasa / Meidän luokka. 2016.
- Tochman, Wojciech, Jakbyś kamień jadła / Kuin olisit kiveä syönyt. 2005.
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