Veera Antsalo

on syntynyt Helsingissä 1975. Ennen kirjailijanuraansa hän on opiskellut humanistisia aineita Helsingin yliopistossa ja työskennellyt mm. siivoojana ja lipunmyyjänä.

2012 ilmestynyt esikoisteos, proosarunokokoelma Sähkökatkoksen aikaan oli ehdolla Helsingin Sanomien kirjallisuuspalkinnon ja Tanssivan karhun saajaksi. Toinen teos Pölyn historia (2015) oli Toisinkoinen-ehdokkaana. Runoelma Imago ilmestyi 2018.

Antsalon runouden ja proosan välimaastoon sijoittuville teoksille on ominaista jaettujen kulttuuristen kuvastojen hajottaminen osiin ja mosaiikkimainen yhdistely, anekdootit, henkilöhahmot, fantasia ja surrealismi.

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