Paavo Rintala ( Fin. Paavo Rintala ; September 20, 1930 , Vyborg , then Finland - August 8, 1999 , Kirkkonummi ) is a Finnish writer and translator.
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Biography
Father died in 1940 during the Soviet-Finnish war . After his death, the family settled in Oulu , where Paavo graduated from high school. In lyceum he began to write poetry, translated Edgar Poe , read a lot ( Leo Tolstoy , Dostoevsky , Balzac , Stendal , Camus , Hemingway ). He studied at the University of Helsinki , studied theology. From 1955 he was engaged in literature and journalism, he worked in the style of the new journalism . From 1960 he lived in Kirkkonummi with his family. Participated in the peace movement, was close to Urho Kekkonen , accompanied him on trips around the USSR.
He translated poems by Celan , Bobrovsky , Deborah Vaarandi , Viktor Krivulin ( 1994 , together with Jukka Malinen ).
Works
Novels
- 1954: The Gospel of the Dead / Kuolleiden evankeliumi
- 1955: Rikas ja köyhä
- 1956: Lakko
- 1958: Boys / Pojat (filmed in 1962)
- 1959: Pikkuvirkamiehen kuolema
- 1959: God is beauty / Jumala on kauneus (television movies - 1985, 2005)
- 1960: My grandmother and Mannerheim / Mummoni ja Mannerheim (first novel of the trilogy; TV series - 1971, 1980)
- 1961: Mummoni ja marsalkka
- 1962: Mummon ja marskin tarinat
- 1963: Guerrillas / Sissiluutnantti (filmed in 1963)
- 1965: Keskusteluja lasten kanssa
- 1965: Sukeltaja
- 1966: Sotilaiden äänet
- 1967: Sodan ja rauhan äänet
- 1968: Leningrad symphony of fate / Leningradin kohtalosinfonia
- 1969: Paasikiven aika
- 1970: Kekkosen aika
- 1970: Valitut teokset
- 1972: Viapori 1906
- 1972: Paavalin Matkat
- 1974: Romeo ja Julia häränvonna
- 1976: Line of tanners / Nahkapeitturien linjalla I
- 1979: Nahkapeitturien linjalla II
- 1982: Puolan malja
- 1982: Valehtelijan muistelmat
- 1984: Eläinten rauhanliike
- 1985: Vänrikin muistot
- 1987: St. Petersburgin salakuljetus
- 1990: Minä, Grünewald
- 1991: Sarmatian Orpheus / Sarmatian Orfeus
- 1993: Aika ja uni
- 1994: Marian rakkaus
- 1996: Faust / Faustus
Short Prose
- 1963: Eino (seven stories)
- 1964: Palvelijat hevosten selässä
- 1969: Napapiirin äänet
- 1982: Velkani Karjalalle
Plays
- 1968: Leningradin kohtalosinfonia (radio play based on the novel of the same name)
- 1978: Eeva Maria Kustaava (after the novel My Grandmother and Mannerheim ; Russian production, 2012 - [1] )
- 1981: Dostojevskin galleriat (TV movie - 1983)
- 2000: A century of dreams / Aika ja uni (libretto of an opera based on a novel of the same name, published posthumously)
Reporting
- 1970: Vietnamin kurjet
- 1983: Maatyömies ja kuu
- 1984: Porvari Punaisella torilla
- 1986: Carossa ja Anna
Publications in Russian
- Servants in saddles // Modern Finnish tale. - L .: Fiction, 1976.
Recognition
Pro Finlandia Prize ( 1971 ). Sixfold laureate of the Finnish Literary Award, Prize Finland ( 1991 ), Runeberg Prize ( 1994 ).
Literature
- Ekholm K. Paavo Rintala, dokumentaristi: miten kirjailija käyttää lähteitä. Rautalammi: Things to Come, 1988
- Komu E. Armon tyhjiössä: kristillinen eksistentialismi eräissä Mika Waltarin, Helvi Hämäläisen ja Paavo Rintalan 1950-luvun romaaneissa. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 1995