Mikaela Nyman – New Zealand/Nordic Poet and Author

Mikaela Nyman is an award winning multilingual writer and poet from the autonomous  Åland Islands in Finland who is currently based in New Plymouth in New Zealand. Her debut novel Sado draws on her experience of living in Vanuatu and being part of the recovery effort post-Cyclone Pam.  Her PhD in creative writing from Victoria University (Wellington) focussed on rhetorical alliance and collaboration with Ni-Vanuatu writers; one of her collaborative poems was published in Sport 47. Mikaela’s English language  works have featured in Turbine | KapohauSportBlackmail PressSweet MammalianMinarets and Strong Words 2019: The Best of the Landfall Essay Competition.

 

In 2019 her first poetry collection, När vändkrets läggs mot vändkrets (Ellips) was published in Finland by and was nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2020.

Listen to Mikaela read her poem “Vindvissel” (Wind Whistle) in Swedish by clicking on  the Sound Cloud link below.

(Royalty Free Music from Ben Sound)

 

“Five Years Later”, Mikaela’s English translation “Vindvissel”, was first published on Sweet Mammalian.

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