Residency artists and researchers Literature Hanna Marjut Marttila author Hanna Marjut Marttila (born 1961) is a freelance writer from Helsinki. She has published novels for adolescents and adults. Her most recent novel, 2007’s Filmi poikki (Cut!, published in Finnish by Otava) portrays a teenage boy’s life in an alcoholic family. Hungarian, German and French translations will be published in 2009. During her time at the Saari Residence Hanna concentrated on writing her next novel, which is still awaiting completion. ‘It was only after my residence stay had finished that I realized back home in Helsinki that one of the main characters of the book had ‘found a home’ in the rural surroundings of the Saari Residence. The character’s house is purely imaginary, but there it is, practically next door!’ Hanna Marjut Marttila worked at the Saari Residence in September and October 2008.