Iida Turpeinen
Finnish novelist and literary scholar whose debut novel Beasts of the Sea (Little, Brown, 2025) received major Finnish awards; writer-in-residence at the Helsinki Natural History Museum working on her second novel.
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Feb 2, 2026 • 40min
Iida Turpeinen, "Beasts of the Sea" (Little, Brown, 2025)
Iida Turpeinen, a Finnish novelist and literary scholar now writing amid museum skeletons, talks about the sea cow that inspired her debut Beasts of the Sea. She explores archival discoveries, narrating extinction through fiction. Short reflections touch on early naturalists, hidden women in collections, museum ethics, and the book recommendations that shaped her voice.
