Kai Nieminen

{{short description|Finnish writer}}

{{Expand Finnish|Kai Nieminen (kirjailija)|topic=culture|date=July 2010}}

Kai Tapani Nieminen (born 11 May 1950 in Helsinki) is a Finnish writer{{cite web|url=http://www.booksfromfinland.fi/2000/09/epic-labours/|title=Interview with poet and translator Kai Nieminen – Books from Finland|work=booksfromfinland.fi|accessdate=11 March 2015}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.liwre.fi/vanhat/mukkula_vanha/kirjailijat/esittelyt/nieminen-k-englanti.htm|title=Writers, Kai Nieminen|work=liwre.fi|accessdate=11 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402130959/http://www.liwre.fi/vanhat/mukkula_vanha/kirjailijat/esittelyt/nieminen-k-englanti.htm|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead}} and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize in 1999. He is also a renowned translator of Japanese literature.