Via Books from Finland I learn of Lola Rogers' piece, Finnish Literature in English: A Tiny Boom at the Finnish-English Literary Translation Cooperative -- and the first thing I have to ask is how did I not know there was a Finnish-English Literary Translation Coöperative ?
Anyway, Rogers notes that:
Anyway, Rogers notes that:
The number of works of Finnish literature published in English is perhaps too small to make any firm claims about statistical trends, but it seems to be experiencing a tiny but definite boom. From 1992-2002, there were fewer than 20 English translations of Finnish novels published abroad. From 2002 to the present, there were at least 34. This increase is due largely to the new availability of qualified translators.Okay, three titles a year still seems like way too few, but, yeah, any increase (especially in direct, as opposed to second-hand, translation) is welcome.