Tähtifantasia Award

Tähtifantasia Award is an annual prize by Helsingin science fiction seura ry for the best foreign fantasy book released in Finland.^[1][2]

Recipients

Tähtifantasia Award winners and shortlists

Year	Author	Title	Result	Ref.
2007	Jeff VanderMeer	Pyhimysten ja mielipuolten kaupunki (City of Saints and Madmen)	Winner
	George R. R. Martin	Miekkamyrsky 2 (A Storm of Swords, part 2)	Shortlist
	Jonathan Carroll	Valkoiset omenat (White Apples)	Shortlist
	Jukka Halme (editor)	Uuskummaa?	Shortlist
	Patricia A. McKillip	Unohdettu Ombria (Ombria in Shadow)	Shortlist
2008	Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o	Variksen Velho (Wizard of the Crow)	Winner
	J. R. R. Tolkien	Húrinin lasten tarina (The Children of Húrin)	Shortlist
	Lord Dunsany	Haltiamaan kuninkaantytär (The King of Elfland's Daughter)	Shortlist
	Scott Lynch	Locke Lamoran valheet (The Lies of Locke Lamora)	Shortlist
	Sean Stewart	Matkijalintu (Mockingbird)	Shortlist
2009	Ellen Kushner	Thomas Riiminiekka (Thomas the Rhymer)	Winner
	Gregory Maguire	Noita (Wicked)	Shortlist
	José Saramago	Oikukas kuolema (As Intermitências da Morte)	Shortlist
	Patricia A. McKillip	Basiliskin laulu (Song for the Basilisk)	Shortlist
	Robert Silverberg	Kuningas Gilgameš (Gilgamesh the King)	Shortlist
2010	Haruki Murakami	Kafka rannalla (Kafka on the Shore)	Winner
	Joe Abercrombie	Ase itse (The Blade Itself)	Shortlist
	Joe Hill	Bobby Conroy palaa kuolleista ja muita kertomuksia (20th Century Ghosts)	Shortlist
	Jorge Luis Borges	Kuvitteellisten olentojen kirja (The Book of Imaginary Beings)	Shortlist
	Ursula K. Le Guin	Lavinia	Shortlist
2011	Andrzej Sapkowski	Viimeinen toivomus (The Last Wish)	Winner
	Mari Strachan	Hiljaisuus soi H-mollissa (The Earth Hums In B Flat)	Shortlist
	Patrick Rothfuss	Tuulen nimi (The Name of the Wind)	Shortlist
	Terry Pratchett	Yövartiosto (Night Watch)	Shortlist
	Steph Swainston	Kuolemattomien kaarti (The Year of Our War)	Winner
2012	Andrzej Sapkowski	Kohtalon miekka (Sword of Destiny)	Winner
	Ali Shaw	Tyttö joka muuttui lasiksi (The Girl with Glass Feet)	Shortlist
	China Miéville	Toiset (The City and the City)	Shortlist
	Hal Duncan	Pako helvetistä! (Escape from Hell!)	Shortlist
	John Ajvide Lindqvist	Kultatukka, tähtönen (Lilla Stjärna; Little Star)	Shortlist
2013	Steph Swainston	Uusi maailma (The Modern World)	Winner
	Anders Fager	Pohjoiset kultit (Svenska kulter: Skräckberättelser)	Shortlist
	Gene Wolfe	Kiduttajan varjo (The Shadow of the Torturer)	Shortlist
	Liz Williams	Aavekauppiaan tytär (Snake Agent)	Shortlist
	Terry Pratchett	Posti kulkee (Going Postal)	Shortlist
2014	Bruno Schulz	Kanelipuodit ja muita kertomuksia (The Street of Crocodiles)	Winner	[3]
	Aloysius Bertrand	Yön Kaspar (Gaspard de la Nuit)	Shortlist
	C. S. Lewis	Kasvoista kasvoihin (Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold)	Shortlist
	Catherynne M. Valente	Tyttö joka purjehti Satumaan ympäri itse rakentamallaan laivalla (The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making)	Shortlist
	Eowyn Ivey	Lumilapsi (The Snow Child)	Shortlist
2015	Terry Pratchett	FC Akateemiset (Unseen Academicals)	Winner
	Kate Atkinson	Elämä elämältä (Life After Life)	Shortlist
	Liz Williams	Kultainen lohikäärme (Precious Dragon)	Shortlist
	Machado de Assis	Kuolematon ja muita novelleja	Shortlist
	Robert W. Chambers	Keltainen kuningas (The King in Yellow)	Shortlist
2016	Shaun Tan	Etäisten esikaupunkien asioita (Tales from Outer Suburbia)	Winner	[4]
2017	Kazuo Ishiguro	Haudattu jättiläinen (The Buried Giant)	Winner	[5]
	Joe Abercrombie	Halki puolen maailman (Half the World)	Shortlist	[6]
	Lauren Beukes	Eläinten valtakunta (Zoo City)	Shortlist	[6]
	Francis Marion Crawford	Ajattomat aaveet (Timeless Ghosts)	Shortlist	[6]
	Patrick Ness and Siobhan Dowd	Hirviön kutsu (A Monster Calls)	Shortlist	[6]
2018	David Mitchell	Luukellot (The Bone Clocks)	Winner	[7]
	Eka Kurniawan	Kauneus on kirous (Beauty Is A Wound)	Shortlist	[8]
	Ursula K. Le Guin	Ikuisen hämärän maa (The Beginning Place)	Shortlist	[8]
	Andri Snær Magnason	Aika-arkku (Tímakistan)	Shortlist	[8]
	Brandon Sanderson	Viimeinen valtakunta (Mistborn: The Final Empire)	Shortlist	[8]
2019	Matt Haig	Kuinka aika pysäytetään (How to Stop Time)	Shortlist	[9]
	Robin Hobb	Narrin salamurhaaja (Fool’s Assassin)	Shortlist	[9]
	Shirley Jackson	Linna on aina ollut kotimme (We Have Always Lived in the Castle)	Shortlist	[9]
	Samanta Schweblin	Houreuni ( Fever Dream)	Shortlist	[9]
	T. H. White	Muinainen ja tuleva kuningas (The Once and Future King)	Shortlist	[9]
2020	Juhani Karila	Pienen hauen pyydystys	Winner	[10][11]
	Katri Alatalo	Ikuisesti, siskoni	Shortlist	[11][12]
	Neil Gaiman	Pohjoisen mytologia (Norse Mythology)	Shortlist	[11][12]
	Karoliina Heinola	Hitonhauta ja muita puolielävien kohtaloita	Shortlist	[11][12]
	V. E. Schwab	Magian syvempi sävy (A Darker Shade of Magic)	Shortlist	[11][12]
2021	Margaret Rogerson	Kirjojen tytär (Sorcery of Thorns)	Winner	[13]
	Dino Buzzati	Noiduttu takki ja muita kertomuksia	Shortlist	[14]
	Ta-Nehisi Coates	Vesitanssija (The Water Dancer)	Shortlist	[14]
	Heikki Kännö	Runoilija	Shortlist	[14]
	M. G. Soikkeli	Neljän miekan tanssi	Shortlist	[14]
2022	Susanna Clarke	Piranesi	Winner	[15][16]
	N. K. Jemisin	Viides vuodenaika (The Fifth Season)	Shortlist	[17]
	TJ Klune	Talo taivaansinisellä merellä (The House in the Cerulean Sea)	Shortlist	[17]
	Madeline Miller	Kirke ( Circe)	Shortlist	[17]
	Siri Pettersen	Rautasusi ( Iron Wolf)	Shortlist	[17]
2023	Jyrki Vainonen	Täytetyt	Winner	[18][19]
	Mariana Enriquez	Yö kuuluu meille  (Nuestra parte de noche; Our Share of the Night)	Shortlist	[20][21]
	Marko Hautala	Kuolleiden valssi	Shortlist	[20][21]
	Keigo Higashino	Namiyan puodin ihmeet (Namiya Zakkaten no Kiseki; The Miracles of the Namiya General Store)	Shortlist	[20][21]
	Merja Kyllönen	Vainajaiset	Shortlist	[20][21]
2024	Jorge Luis Borges	Kertomukset	Shortlist	[22][23]
	R. F. Kuang	Babel	Shortlist	[22][23]
	Vehka Kurjenmiekka	Kellopelisydän	Shortlist	[22][23]
	J. S. Meresmaa	Tytär hämärän, piika pimeän	Shortlist	[22][23]
	Gene Wolfe	Soturi sumussa (Soldier of the Mist)	Shortlist	[22][23]

See also

• Tähtivaeltaja Award