Johanna Venho (s. 1971) lives in Espoo, Finland. She has studied comparative literature and biology in the Universities of Helsinki and Jyväskylä and graduated in Irish poetry from Helsinki. She has tried her hand at numerous occupations, among which working as an editor in a broadcasting company Yleisradio. A former editor-in-chief at Tuli&Savu poetry journal and, she is now a full time writer. She has published four collections of poetry, five novels for children and a collection of nursery rhymes. She has won numerous prizes and grants, for example the Kritiikin kannukset Prize for the best literary debut of 2000, Arvid Lydecken Prize for the best children’s book of 2003, Katri Vala prize of 2006 for the collection Yhtä juhlaa and Einari Vuorela Poetry Prize for the best collection of poems of 2008 (for the book Yhtä juhlaa).
Johanna Venho is a member of Finnish Pen Club and co-leader of Women Writers’ Committee in Finland.
Her publisher is WSOY.
Works:
Postia Saturnukseen, poems, WSOY 1998
Ilman karttaa, poems, WSOY 2000
Okulus ja yöihmiset, children’s novel, WSOY 2003
Okulus ja Livian talo, children’s novel, WSOY 2004
Okulus ja Omenamökin salaisuus, children’s novel, WSOY 2006
Puolukkavarvas, nursery rhymes, WSOY 2006
Yhtä juhlaa, poems, WSOY 2006
Ollaan kotona, children’s book, Kirjapaja, 2009
Tässä on valo, poems, WSOY 2009
Links to poetry in the internet and an interview:
http://www.finlit.fi/booksfromfinland/bff/206/venho.htm
http://www.finlit.fi/booksfromfinland/bff/206/venho_es.htm