Paavo Haavikko
Finnish writer (1931–2008)
Paavo Juhani Haavikko (January 25, 1931 – October 6, 2008) was a Finnish poet, playwright, essayist and publisher, considered one of the country's most outstanding writers. He published more than 70 works, and his poems have been translated to 12 languages.2
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Born Jan 25, 1931, died Oct 6, 2008.1
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Career
Occupation: playwright, poet, writer, publisher.4
Career as a writer
Haavikko started his career as a poet, but he published in almost every genre of literature. His drama has seldom been played on traditional theatre scenes. Television series Rauta-aika illustrated freely the Finnish National epic Kalevala. Operas Ratsumies (English title: The Horseman) and Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan (English title: The King goes forth to France) were composed by Aulis Sallinen to librettos by Haavikko.
Haavikko placed many of his works in historical context but included references to more modern politics, such as Juho Kusti Paasikivi and Stalin in his play Agricola ja kettu ('Agricola and the Fox'), or Urho Kaleva Kekkonen as a Viking ruler. He scrutinized Finland's leading politicians and civil servants in his column in weekly magazine Suomen Kuvalehti.
Images occurring often in Haavikko's poetry included the king, palaces, gardens, and the woods. Haavikko was talented in describing love, romantic and relationships between men and women. After the death of his first wife he started to write about subjects less discussed in poetry: economy, politics and society.
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Business life
From 1967 to 1983, Haavikko was literary director of the Otava publishing company, and from 1989 to his death owner of the Art House publishing company.
He and his family had a company producing peat for fuel. He also owned forest. When he died, his family inherited 3 million euros.
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Personal life
Awards
- 2008Samuli Paronen Prize9
- 2007America Award in Literature9
- 1993Swedish Academy Nordic Prize9
- 1984Neustadt International Prize for Literature9 10
- 1967Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland9
- 1966Aleksis Kivi Award9
- 1963Eino Leino Prize9
- Date not recordeddoctor honoris causa of the University of Helsinki9
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- 1WikidataPaavo Haavikko on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaPaavo Haavikko on Wikipedia
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- 12WikidataArt House, Founder
- 13Wikimedia CommonsPaavo Haavikko photo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain