- Paavo Haavikko
Paavo Haavikko (
January 25 ,1931 –October 6 ,2008 ) was a Finnishpoet andplaywright , considered one of the country's most outstanding writers. He won theNeustadt Prize for literature in 1984. [ [http://www.ou.edu/worldlit/neustadt.htm OU.edu] ]From 1967 to 1983, he was literary director of the Otava publishing company, and from 1989 to his death owner of the Art House publishing company. [Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2008. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC]
Honors
*Aleksis Kivi Prize, Finnish Literature Society, 1966
*Pro Finlandia Medal, 1967,
*Honorary Doctorate from the University of Helsinki, 1969
*Knight First Class of the White Rose of Finland, 1978Works
Poetry
*"The Winter Palace" (1959)
*"One and twenty" (Kaksikymmentä ja yksi, 1974). Translated by Anselm Hollo. Beaverton: Aspasia Books, 2007. ISBN 978-0-9783488-1-6Plays
*"The Horseman" (1974)
*"The King Goes Forth to France" (1974)
*"Kullervo 's Story" (1982)
*"Anastasya and I" (1992)References
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