Elina Kritzokat is a German-Finnish translator and Germanist. Since 2002 she has translated works from Finnish by Pirkko Saisio, Leena Krohn and Timo Parvela, and film dialogues by Aki Kaurismäki, spanning novels, children’s and youth books, and poetry. She moderates literary events, teaches at universities and reads at schools. In 2019 she received the Finnish State Prize for Translation, and in 2023 an excellence grant from the Deutscher Übersetzerfonds. In summer term 2026 she is a visiting lecturer in Finnish Studies at Greifswald University. Elina Kritzokat lives and works in Berlin.
Last update: 2026