Daniel Katz (born 1938 in Helsinki) is a Finnish writer.
[1] He is a graduate of the University of Helsinki in the Humanities.
He worked as a Jewish history teacher at the Jewish School in Helsinki, and in Haifa Israel as a driller on subway construction.
[1] His first commercially successful novel, Kun isoisä Suomeen hiihti (When Grandfather Skied to Finland), is a humorous description of Katz's family history and Finland's entry into World War II.
[1] As an ethnic minority writer, Katz has written as an outsider regarding life in Finland.