Antti Hyry

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Antti Hyry in 2010

Antti Kalevi Hyry (20 October 1931 – 4 June 2016[1]) was a Finnish writer. He won the Eino Leino Prize in 2005. For his 2009 book Uuni (Oven), Hyry won the Finlandia Prize, Finland's premier prize for literature.

Hyry was born in Kuivaniemi. He is married to Maija Hyry.[2] He died in Espoo, aged 84.

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  1. Författaren Antti Hyry är död Archived 2016-06-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Swedish)
  2. "Kustantajat.fi". Archived from the original on 2010-01-30. Retrieved 2016-06-17.