On 25th August 2010 Stefan Wallin, the Finnish Minister for Culture and Sports, awarded the State Prize for Translation, worth 10,000 euros, to translator, linguist, literature critic and poet Rami Saari. Born in 1963, Saari has taught Hebrew, Semitic languages and Finno-Ugric linguistics at universities in Helsinki, Budapest and Jerusalem. Many pre-eminent Israeli publishing houses have published works of Finnish literature translated by Rami Saari. Saari has translated works by Daniel Katz, Arto Paasilinna, Mika Waltari, Eeva Kilpi, Eila Pennanen, Raija Siekkinen, Eeva Tikka and, most recently, Sofi Oksanen.
FILI Newsletter 3/2010
FINNISH POETRY translated by Saari to Hebrew
FINNISH PROSE translated by Saari to Hebrew
Rami Saari’s page