Finlandia Prize Winner Oneiron by Laura Lindstedt sold in 11 languages

We are thrilled to announce that Oneiron by Laura Lindstedt has been sold to Romania, bringing the number of territories to 11. RomaniOneironAug2015an rights were acquired by Editura Paralela 45, Publisher of authors such as Paul Auster, William Shakespeare, and Simone de Beauvoir. Finlandia winner Oneiron has sold close to 50.000 copies in Finland. Congratulations, Laura Lindstedt!

“Oneiron is a high literature title with a perfect architecture, and will add literary value and prestige to our fiction portfolio. We will be proud to have this novel published by Editura Paralela 45. We were all, myself and my fellow colleagues, impressed by it, and I think it has to do with our eternal fascination with death, the perpetual question of “what are we, where are we going”, and Laura Lindstedt offers us such a penetrating description of the state after death, in a multi-level, multi-register narrative, from the biological to the philosophical perspective of human essence.” 
– Mihaela Pogonici, foreign rights manager, Editura Paralela 45

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Laura Lindstedt is the winner of the Finlandia Prize 2015, the country’s most prestigious literary honor. Her second novel Oneiron (Teos 2015) is a work of speculative fiction that takes place in the mysterious moments following one’s death. Laura Lindstedt became a critical darling already in 2007 with her adoption-themed debut novel Scissors (Sakset, Teos 2007), which earned her a nomination for the Finlandia Prize. She is currently revising her Ph.D. thesis on the French author Nathalie Sarraute.

RIGHTS SOLD: ONEIRON
Original publisher: FINLAND, Teos
WORLD ENGLISH, Oneworld
BULGARIA, Faber
CZECH REPUBLIC, Argo
DENMARK, Rosinante
FRANCE, Gallimard
HUNGARY, Scolar
ITALY, Elliot Edizioni
LITHUANIA, Versus Aureus
NORWAY, Forlaget Oktober
ROMANIA, Editura Paralela 45
SWEDEN, Norstedts

RIGHTS SOLD: SCISSORS
Original publisher: FINLAND, Teos
DENMARK, Turbine

PRIZES, Oneiron
Finlandia Prize 2015
Toisinkoinen Prize 2015
Nominated for the Runeberg Prize 2015
Nominated for the Tulenkantaja Prize 2015

PRIZES, Scissors:
Nominated for the Finlandia Prize 2007
Nominated for the Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize 2007

Reading material: Oneiron
English sample
English synopsis
Finnish edition

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Laura Lindstedt

Laura Lindstedt (b. 1976) became a critical darling with her adoption-themed debut novel Scissors (Sakset, Teos 2007), which earned her a nomination for the Finlandia Prize, the country’s most prestigious literary honour. Lindstedt’s second novel Oneiron (Teos 2015), a work of speculative fiction that takes place in the mysterious moments that follow one’s death, earned her the coveted Finlandia Prize of 2015 and was nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 2017. Lindstedt’s success has continued with My Friend Natalia (Teos 2019) which has earned critical acclaim and has been sold to 12 territories. Together with author Sinikka Vuola, she has authored 101 tapaa tappaa aviomies (101 Ways to Kill Your Husband, Siltala 2022) which has been nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize of 2024.

She is currently completing her Ph.D. thesis on French author Nathalie Sarraute.

Bibliography


2019, Literary Fiction

My Friend Natalia

Laura Lindstedt


2015, Literary Fiction

Oneiron

Laura Lindstedt


2007, Literary Fiction

Scissors

Laura Lindstedt