Residency artists and researchers Literature Esa Hirvonen Poet Esa Hirvonen (born 1969) is a poet and chef living in Turku. He has published two collections in Finland, Harlem and Takana kapakan akat, as well as the collaborative collection Puchdrunk with Jo Colley in England. He is also on the board of Lounais-Suomen Kirjailijat, an association which supports authors in Southwest Finland, and is the chairman of Runoviikko ry., an association which arranges poetry clubs and a poetry week event in Finland Proper (Runoviikko Varsinais-Suomessa). During his stay at the Saari Residence, Hirvonen will be writing his next collection of poems, which are due to be published this autumn. The goal is to produce 10-15 publish-ready texts and 5-10 new poems, as well as to come up with a name for the collection. He is also working on an English poem for an anthology related to a sculpture located in Middlesbrough called Temenos by scultptor Anish Kapor.