Finnish poet, writer, translator, columnist

Kari Aartoma (born 1958) is a Finnish poet, writer, translator and columnist. He lives in Turku, Finland. His first work, Pilvet eivät pidä mistään kiinni (Clouds Do Not Stick To Anything), was published in 1999 by Nihil Interit.

He is a member of the poetry group Hellät elä*.

His 2019 novel, Kahden Joen Kaupunki (A City of Two Rivers), deals with alcoholism. Aartoma, a self-described alcoholic, spent eight years writing the novel.

Works

• Clouds Do Not Stick To Anything (Pilvet eivät pidä mistään kiinni), Nihil Interit 1998
• Concrete Schubert (Betonischubert), Sammakko 2001
• Hetero, Sammakko 2005
• The City of Two Rivers (Kahden Joen Kaupunki)

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