Uusi Runo
Encyclopedia
Uusi Runo is a 1943 poem by Finnish
poet Aaro Hellaakoski
.
The title meaning "new poem" - was written during the Continuation War
at night following Helaakoski's absence from writing in the 1930s.
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...
poet Aaro Hellaakoski
Aaro Hellaakoski
Aaro Hellaakoski was a Finnish poet whose work includes some of the earliest examples of modernism in Finnish literature...
.
The title meaning "new poem" - was written during the Continuation War
Continuation War
The Continuation War was the second of two wars fought between Finland and the Soviet Union during World War II.At the time of the war, the Finnish side used the name to make clear its perceived relationship to the preceding Winter War...
at night following Helaakoski's absence from writing in the 1930s.
Extract
External links and sources
- http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/aarohell.htm