Tero Hannula

Tero Hannula is a 33-year-old writer, poet and creative writing teacher, who lives in Seinäjoki, Finland. He has authored four books in Finnish, mostly focusing on experimental prose and poetry. Hannula got his master’s degree on creative writing in 2010.

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