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Matti Rönkä

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Matti Rönkä
Born (1959-09-09) 9 September 1959 (age 65)
NationalityFinnish
Occupation(s)TV journalist and novelist
Awards

Matti Rönkä (born 9 September 1959) is a Finnish TV journalist and novelist. He received the Glass Key award in 2007 for the crime novel Ystävät kaukana[1] and the Deutscher Krimi Preis third prize in 2008 for the German translation of his novel Tappajan näköinen mies (2002) (German: Der Grenzgänger).[2] He has been the anchor of the daily news program 20:30 National Report since 2003 on Yle, thus inheriting the nickname "Suomen ääni" (English: "The Voice of Finland") from the program's old host Arvi Lind.

Bibliography

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  • 2002 Tappajan näköinen mies; English translation: A Man with a Killer's Face, 2017
  • 2003 Hyvä veli, paha veli
  • 2005 Ystävät kaukana
  • 2007 Mies rajan takaa, an anthology comprising the three above
  • 2008 Isä, poika ja paha henki
  • 2009 Tuliaiset Moskovasta
  • 2011 Väärän maan vainaja

References

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  1. ^ "Det Skandinaviske Kriminalselskabs pris "Glasnøglen"" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 25 October 2008. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
  2. ^ "Der Deutsche Krimi Preis 1985 - heute" (in German). www.krimilexikon.de. Retrieved 3 April 2009.