Hilkka Koskela´s first visits to Latvia date back to late 1970-ies, early 1980-ies.
In 1982 she graduated from the University of Helsinki (MA degree in Finnish literature and language, Russian literature and language). Since 1992 she has gradually improved her skills in Latvian language at work and in leisure time.
Her translations from Latvian into Finnish include fiction and non-fiction. She has translated several biographical works, novels, drama (Rūdolfs Blaumanis:Tailor Days at Silmači) and other theatre texts for guest performances in Finland.
Her latest translation from Latvian language (Māris Bērziņš: The Taste of Lead) was published in October 2024.
Decorations: Order of the Three Stars, Latvia 2003.
Viisi sormea
Viisi sormea (Pieci pirksti )
Title
: Viisi sormeaTitle*
: Pieci pirkstiAuthors
:Translated by
:Genre
:Fiction
Language
:Finnish
Publisher
:Arktinen Banaani, Finland
Pages
:347
Year
:2018
Copyrights
:The author
Synopsis
:Five-year-old Laura was born in one of Joseph Stalin's prison camps in Siberia.
Graniittisen maan jalo kansa : Suomi ja suomalaiset latvialaisissa lehdissä 1822-1945
Graniittisen maan jalo kansa : Suomi ja suomalaiset latvialaisissa lehdissä 1822-1945 (Ziemeļzemes cēlā tauta)
Title
: Graniittisen maan jalo kansa : Suomi ja suomalaiset latvialaisissa lehdissä 1822-1945Title*
: Ziemeļzemes cēlā tautaAuthors
:Translated by
:Genre
:Non-Fiction
Language
:Finnish
Publisher
:Kustannus HD, Finland
Pages
:280
Year
:2017
Synopsis
:Collection of Latvian newspaper edits on Finland
Tanssikengissä Siperiaan
Tanssikengissä Siperiaan (Ar balles kurpēm Sibīrijas sniegos)
Title
: Tanssikengissä SiperiaanTitle*
: Ar balles kurpēm Sibīrijas sniegosAuthors
:Translated by
:Genre
:Fiction
Language
:Finnish
Publisher
:WSOY, Finnland
Pages
:324
Year
:2007
Synopsis
:It is a moving and eloquent testimony to her family and to the Latvian nation—to their shared fate during more than fifty years of occupation.
Paratiisilinnut
Paratiisilinnut (Paradīzes putni )
Title
: ParatiisilinnutTitle*
: Paradīzes putniAuthors
:Translated by
:Genre
:Fiction
Language
:Finnish
Publisher
:Arktiken Banaani, Finland
Pages
:399
Year
:2021
Synopsis
:The plot unfolds in the beginning of the 1960s when the main character, Laura, is ten years old and is forced to face all the realities of Soviet life – joining the pioneers, Communist political education, work on collective farm brigades.
Kuitenkin niin lähellä
Kuitenkin niin lähellä (Tomēr tik tuvu)
Title
: Kuitenkin niin lähelläTitle*
: Tomēr tik tuvuAuthors
:Translated by
:Genre
:Fiction
Language
:Finnish
Publisher
:Otava
Pages
:255
Year
:1997
Copyrights
:The author
Lyijyn maku
Lyijyn maku (Svina garša)
Title
: Lyijyn makuTitle*
: Svina garšaAuthors
:Translated by
:Genre
:Fiction
Language
:Finnish
Publisher
:Aviador
Pages
:370
Year
:2024
Copyrights
:The author
Synopsis
:Winner of several literature awards, The Taste of Lead is a narrative account focusing on a young Latvian man, Matīss, who seeks and eventually fails to avoid siding with either power at war in Europe in 1940.
Latvian maa ja taivas
Latvian maa ja taivas (Es stāstu par Latviju)
Title
: Latvian maa ja taivasTitle*
: Es stāstu par LatvijuAuthors
:Translated by
:Genre
:Non-Fiction
Language
:Finnish
Publisher
:Otava
Pages
:224
Year
:2000
Copyrights
:The author
Meripihkahelmi povella. Latvian presidentti Vaira Vike-Freiberga
Meripihkahelmi povella. Latvian presidentti Vaira Vike-Freiberga (Ar dzintara pērli azotē. Latvijas prezidente Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga)
Title
: Meripihkahelmi povella. Latvian presidentti Vaira Vike-FreibergaTitle*
: Ar dzintara pērli azotē. Latvijas prezidente Vaira Vīķe-FreibergaAuthors
:Translated by
:Genre
:Non-Fiction
Language
:Finnish
Publisher
:Pētergailis
Pages
:215
Year
:2006
Copyrights
:The author
