Matti Yrjänä Joensuu

Matti Joensuu Yrjänä ( born October 31, 1948 † 4 December 2011) was a Finnish writer and journalist.

Life

His education was Joensuu to the police. He later worked at the Criminal Investigation Department in Helsinki (Department violent crime ). After a phase of journalism, he returned to the police service; where he worked until 2006.

As a crime writer, he soon made ​​a name for himself, for his novels clearly contributed his unmistakable signature. His investigator Timo Juhani was Commissioner Harjunpää.

In 1982 he was awarded the Finnish State Prize for Literature. He was awarded the Finnish society and crime several times the price of the Swedish Crime Academy.

His works have been translated into several languages. In Germany, several novels have been published. Suddenly and unexpectedly died Joensuu 2011., The translation of his latest novel into German did not live to Joensuu.

His novels have been translated into several languages. Some were filmed.

Works in German

• The pyromaniac, 1978
• The son of a policeman, 1983
• The lone assassin, 1985
• Blind Envy, 1986
• Hunger for love, 1993
• The pigeons ritual, 2003
• The iron cell, 2012