IJAS, Jyrki (Niilo Juhani)

(1943-)

   Finnish film editor, translator and journalist, the first of whose (few) sf stories was "Koekaniini" ("Guinea Pig") in 1968. One of the founders of Aikakone magazine (FINLAND), he is also publisher and editor of Ikaros magazine, winner of the Finnish Kosmoskyna award in 1988, editor of Ensimmainen yhteys ("First Contact") (anth 1988) and an sf critic. He wrote the entry on FINLAND for this encyclopedia.

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