Anna Kortelainen Explained

Anna Kortelainen
Birth Date:12 July 1968
Birth Place:Helsinki
Nationality:Finnish
Genre:non-fiction
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Anna Taina Aleksandra Kortelainen (née Tuovinen, born 12 July 1968, Helsinki) is a Finnish scholar, art historian and non-fiction writer.

Life

Kortelainen defended her doctoral dissertation in 2002 at the University of Turku about Albert Edelfelt. She teaches art history at the University of Helsinki.

In addition to books, Kortelainen has written essays and articles on art-historical publications, books and exhibitions, as well as columns in magazines and newspapers. She has been named by Timo Haraka's 10 books in 2007,[1] 2011, 2012, and 2013 in the literature series on various themes. In 2011, the program won the Golden Venla Prize as the best television talk show.[2]

In Virginie! Kortelainen examined the fate of Virginie, the young woman whom Albert Edelfelt painted in many of his paintings. The film is based on a television movie.

Family

Kortelainen was married to writer Hannu Mäkelä in 2004–2009. In August 2011, Kortelainen was dating actor Pertti Sveholm.[3]

Stadin Slangi chose her as Stadin Friidu 2015 on Helsinki Day on 12 June 2015.

Kortelainen's novel Ei kenenkään maassa (2012) is based on the life of Reino Peltonen, her maternal grandfather, who was born in 1906 in Vyborg to a Russian physician father and a Finnish mother.[4] [5]

Works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yle.fi. Yle.fi. fi. 2017-10-14.
  2. Web site: Kultainen Venla voittajat » Televisioakatemia Ry. kultainenvenla.fi. fi-FI. 2017-10-14.
  3. Web site: IS: Tunnetun suomalaisnäyttelijän ja kirjailijan välillä romanssi Viihde Iltalehti.fi. www.iltalehti.fi. fi. 2017-10-14.
  4. Web site: Tuntematon isoisä sytytti Anna Kortelaisen kiinnostuksen Karjalaan . . November 26, 2017 . fi.
  5. Web site: Nuoreen Suomeen heitetty mies . . November 26, 2017 . fi.