Elina Hirvonen

Elina Hirvonen (born 1975, Helsinki) is a Finnish writer, journalist and documentary film-maker.

Hirvonen's first novel Että hän muistaisi saman (When I Forgot) was first published in Finland in 2005.

An English translation by Douglas Robinson was published by Portobello Books in November 2007, with an American edition by Tin House Books in May 2009.

She wrote the novel in Lusaka, Zambia, where she lived for two years with her husband.

[2] Her first documentary feature film, Paradise: Three journeys in this world, is about migration from Africa to Europe.