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Selja Ahava
Selja Ahava is an author and scriptwriter from Finland. Her novel Things that Fall from the Sky explores the unexpected and inexplicable nature of reality. Winner of the European Union Prize for Literature in 2016, its translation rights have been sold to 25 territories and the English version was published in 2019.
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Things that Fall from the Sky
Selja Ahava in conversation with Anu Singh Choudhary
The inventive Finnish author, Selja Ahava, takes viewers through her prolific career spanning from scriptwriting for film, TV and radio to her EU Prize-winning novel, Things that Fall from the Sky, as well as how her work for the screen has influenced her craft. In conversation with fellow author and scriptwriter Anu Singh Choudhary, Ahava explores the creative impulse behind her work and the spaces from which her stories emerge, from whales in London to a husband’s sudden disappearances to all of the sky’s bewildering falling objects.