Tuomas Anhava ( Finnish. Tuomas Anhava ; June 5, 1927 , Helsinki , Finland - January 22, 2001 , ibid.) - Finnish poet , translator , literary critic . The representative of modernism in poetry , a follower of Ezra Pound and Thomas S. Eliot .
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| Date of Birth | June 5, 1927 |
| Place of Birth | Helsinki , Finland |
| Date of death | January 22, 2001 (73 years old) |
| Place of death | Helsinki |
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| Occupation | poet , translator , literary critic |
| Language of Works | Finnish |
| Awards | Eino Leino Prize (1989) |
| Awards | Pro finlandia |
In 1947 he graduated from the University of Helsinki with a master's degree. A perfectionist with great theoretical interest in the aesthetics of modern poetry, always striving for the perfection of his poems.
T. Anhava was the initiator of a new literary criticism , a formal method in literary criticism in Finland.
He was engaged in translations from English, Swedish, Polish, Russian and Japanese.
His poems are very reminiscent of Japanese and Chinese poetry, which T. Anhava translated.
He was buried in the Hietaniemi cemetery in Helsinki .
Rewards
- Pro Finlandia (1968)
- Eino Leino Prize (1989)
Selected Works
- Runoja (Poems, 1953)
- Runoja 1955 (1955)
- 36 runoa (1958)
- Runot 1951-1966 (1967)
Links
- Tuomas Anhava (Fin.)