The prize is awarded annually to a book that has not received the attention it deserved when it was published.
Katja Keisalan work Cuban serenade for dreamy women has received this year’s Tiiliskivi Literature Prize.
According to the jury, the novel, which describes a multicultural relationship, is addictive and full of surprises, and its narrative is straightforward and shameless. Bypassing the author’s own life story Cuban serenade for dreamy women was published in the fall of 2021 and is Keisala’s debut novel.
Already The Tiiliskivi Prize, awarded for the 21st time, is awarded annually to a work that has not received the attention it deserves at the time of its publication.
The Tiiliskivi Prize is awarded by the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Tampere and is distributed by a jury of students of literary studies at the University of Tampere, which read about 60 Finnish books during the autumn.
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