Ikar in Slovakia has bought the rights of ’The Unknown Kimi Räikkönen’ by Kari Hotakainen. Siltala has published the Finnish original. The book has been sold ten other countries previously:
Shanghai People´s Publishing House has bought the simplified Chinese language rights.
Uitgeverij Q has bought the Dutch language rights.
Simon & Schuster has bought the English language rights. Fleur Jeremiah will translate Hotakainen’s work.
Koolibri has bought the Estonian language rights.
Bastei Lübbe has bought the German language rights.
Helikon has bought the Hungarian language rights.
Iperborea has bought the Italian language rights.
San-Ei Shobo has bought the Japanese language rights.
Zysk has bought the Polish language rights.
Förlaget M has bought the Swedish language rights. Hotakainen’s work has been translated by Mårten Westö.