Donner’s Works

Jörn Donner has written over 60 books and directed and produced several films. His directorial debut won an award at the 1963 Venice Film Festival, and he was awarded the State Prize for Literature in both 1971 and 1985. He won the Finlandia Literary Prize in 1985 for his book Far och son (‘Father and son’). In 2004 he was awarded the Finland Prize by the Swedish Academy, and in 2008 the State Prize for Arts for his contributions to culture and the entire field of arts.

Movies

Jörn Donner’s filmography on the Internet Movie Database.

Donner’s Works Translated into English

Report from Berlin, 1961, Indiana University Press
The Personal Vision of Ingmar Bergman, 1964, Irvington Pub
Sweden, 1987, Gullers Pictorial AB
Helsinki in Blue, 2002, Kirjapaja

By Written by Heta Muurinen. Translated by Tomi Setälä, revised by Matthew Billington.

Jörn Donner

Jörn Johan Donner
Born February 5, 1933, Helsinki

MA 1958 (Political Science, Scandinavian Literature), University of Helsinki

Freelance writer, 1951–
Film director and producer, 1954–
Consul general of Finland in Los Angeles, 1995–96
Member of the European Parliament, 1996–99
Member of Finnish Parliament, 1987–95, 2007, 2013–15

Awards and honours
Concrete Jussi Lifetime Achievement Award, 2014
Commander 1st Class in the Order of the Polar Star, 2012
State Art Award, 2008
Doc-Point Festival’s Apollo Prize, 2008
Awarded title of honorary professor 2003 (granted by the President)
Honorary member of the University of Art and Design, 2002
Swedish Academy’s Finland Prize, 2004
Finlandia Prize, 1985
Producer of the Oscar-winning Fanny and Alexander (best foreign language film)
Best debut film at the Venice Film Festival, 1963

Photo: Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0.
Written by Heta Muurinen and Tero Juutilainen (ed.)
Translated by Joe McVeigh