Alexandra Salmela (née Balážová; born 7 November 1980 in Bratislava) is a Slovak author, best known for her Finnish novel 27 eli kuolema tekee taiteilijan (2010), for which she won a Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize, and was nominated for a Finlandia Prize.
[1][2][3][4][5] In 2013, Salmela published the storybook Giraffe Mum and Other Silly Adults.
The book was also published simultaneously in Slovakia.
It was nominated for the Arvid Lydecken Prize.
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