Residency artists and researchers Literature Tommi Nuopponen translator Tommi Nuopponen (born 1974), originally from Seinäjoki, studied at the University of Helsinki. He translates prose and poetry. ’In the good-natured and peaceful stronghold of the Saari Residence not only did I do translations of Homer and Ferdinand de Saussure, but I also dreamed of sculptures’. Tommi Nuopponen worked at the Saari Residence in September and October 2008.