Hilkka Koskela´s first visits to Latvia date back to late 1970-ies, early 1980-ies.
In 1982 she graduated from the University of Helsinki (MA degree in Finnish literature and language, Russian literature and language). Since 1992 she has gradually improved her skills in Latvian language at work and in leisure time. Her translations from Latvian into Finnish include mainly non-fiction books (several biographical works), articles and documents, as well as drama (Blaumanis: Skroderdienas Silmacos) and other theatre texts for guest performances in Finland. Her latest translation from Latvian language (Māra Zālīte: Paradīzes putni) was published in August 2021.
Decorations: Order of the Three Stars, Latvia 2003.
Viisi sormea
Viisi sormea (Pieci pirksti )
Title
: Viisi sormeaTitle*
: Pieci pirkstiAuthors
:Translated by
:Genre
:Fiction
Language
:Finnish
Publisher
:Arktinen Banaani, Finland
Pages
:347
Year
:2018
Copyrights
:The author
Synopsis
:Five-year-old Laura was born in one of Joseph Stalin's prison camps in Siberia.
Graniittisen maan jalo kansa : Suomi ja suomalaiset latvialaisissa lehdissä 1822-1945
Graniittisen maan jalo kansa : Suomi ja suomalaiset latvialaisissa lehdissä 1822-1945 (Ziemeļzemes cēlā tauta)
Title
: Graniittisen maan jalo kansa : Suomi ja suomalaiset latvialaisissa lehdissä 1822-1945Title*
: Ziemeļzemes cēlā tautaAuthors
:Translated by
:Genre
:Non-Fiction
Language
:Finnish
Publisher
:Kustannus HD, Finland
Pages
:280
Year
:2017
Synopsis
:Collection of Latvian newspaper edits on Finland
Tanssikengissä Siperiaan
Tanssikengissä Siperiaan (Ar balles kurpēm Sibīrijas sniegos)
Title
: Tanssikengissä SiperiaanTitle*
: Ar balles kurpēm Sibīrijas sniegosAuthors
:Translated by
:Genre
:Fiction
Language
:Finnish
Publisher
:WSOY, Finnland
Pages
:324
Year
:2007
Synopsis
:It is a moving and eloquent testimony to her family and to the Latvian nation—to their shared fate during more than fifty years of occupation.
Paratiisilinnut
Paratiisilinnut (Paradīzes putni )
Title
: ParatiisilinnutTitle*
: Paradīzes putniAuthors
:Translated by
:Genre
:Fiction
Language
:Finnish
Publisher
:Arktiken Banaani, Finland
Pages
:399
Year
:2021
Synopsis
:The plot unfolds in the beginning of the 1960s when the main character, Laura, is ten years old and is forced to face all the realities of Soviet life – joining the pioneers, Communist political education, work on collective farm brigades.
