List of Finnish poets
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An A-Z list of List of poets from Finland
and poets who have written in the Finnish language
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Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
and poets who have written in the Finnish language
Finnish language
Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
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- Paavo HaavikkoPaavo HaavikkoPaavo Haavikko was a Finnish poet and playwright, considered one of the country's most outstanding writers...
(1931-) - Martti HaavioMartti HaavioMartti Haavio was a Finnish poet, folklorist and mythologist, writing poetry under the name "P. Mustapää". He was born on 22 January 1899 in Temmes, and died 4 February 1973. He was also a professor of folklore and an influential researcher of Finnish mythology. In 1960, Haavio married Aale Tynni,...
(1899–1973) - Helvi HämäläinenHelvi HämäläinenHelvi Hämäläinen was a Finnish author who published dozens of books of prose and poetry during her six decade writing career....
(1907–1998) - Aaro HellaakoskiAaro HellaakoskiAaro Hellaakoski was a Finnish poet whose work includes some of the earliest examples of modernism in Finnish literature...
(1893–1952) - Anselm HolloAnselm HolloAnselm Paul Alexis Hollo is a Finnish poet and translator. He has lived in the United States since 1967.-Life and work:...
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- Uuno KailasUuno KailasUuno Kailas, born Frans Uno Salonen was a Finnish poet, author, and translator.Kailas was born in Hartola. After his mother's death, the boy received a strict religious upbringing from his grandmother. He studied in Heinola and occasionally in the University of Helsinki...
(1901–1933), poet, author, translator - Viljo KajavaViljo KajavaViljo Kajava was a Finnish poet and writer. His first collections of poems were released in 1935. During his 50-year career he published nearly 40 books, most of them poems. Kavaja's "Poems of Tampere 1918" has become a symbol of the pacifistic point of view of the Finnish Civil War.- External...
(1909–1998), poet and writer - Ilmari KiantoIlmari KiantoIlmari Kianto , also known as Ilmari Calamnius and Ilmari Iki-Kianto, was a Finnish poet. He is best known for his books Punainen viiva and Ryysyrannan Jooseppi...
, also known as Ilmari Calamnius and Ilmari Iki-Kianto (1874–1970) - Veikko Antero KoskenniemiVeikko Antero KoskenniemiVeikko Antero Koskenniemi was a Finnish poet born in Oulu. In 1921 he took the title of Professor of Literary History in University of Turku, Finland. In 1948 he became a member of the Finnish Academy. He died in Turku....
(1886–1962) - Julius KrohnJulius KrohnJulius Leopold Fredrik Krohn was a Finnish folk poetry researcher, a professor of Finnish literature, a poet, a hymn writer, a translator and a journalist. He was born in Viipuri. Krohn worked as a lecturer on Finnish language in Helsinki University from the year 1875 and as a supernumerary ...
(1835–1888), folk poetry researcher, professor of Finnish literature, poet, hymn writer, translator and journalist - Kirsi KunnasKirsi KunnasKirsi Marjatta Kunnas is a Finnish poet, children's literature author and translator into Finnish. Her extensive oeuvre consists of poems, fairy tale books, drama, translations and non-fiction. Her books have been translated into Swedish, English, German, French, Hungarian, and Estonian...
(born 1924), poet, children's literature author and translator
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- Hannu Salakka
- Axel Gabriel SjöströmAxel Gabriel SjöströmAxel Gabriel Sjöström was a Finnish poet. He was born in Janakkala, and became professor of Greek at Helsinki in 1833. He married Margareta Sofia Helsberg in 1828. During his lifetime a few of his poems earned him a high, but short-lived, reputation in Finnish literary circles...
- Edith SödergranEdith SödergranEdith Irene Södergran was a Swedish-speaking Finnish poet. She was one of the first modernists within Swedish-language literature and her influences came from French Symbolism, German expressionism and Russian futurism. At the age of 24 she released her first collection of poetry entitled Dikter...
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