Paavo Haavikko
Paavo Juhani Haavikko (January 25, 1931 in Helsinki – October 6, 2008) was a Finnish poet and playwright, considered one of the country's most outstanding writers. He was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1984.[1]
Biography
Paavo Haavikko was born and grew up in Helsinki. His father was a bookbinder and later in import business. 1951. In 1951 Haavikko graduated from the Kallio Coeducational School, and published his first collection of poems.[2]
In the 1950s Haavikko published several poetry collections more, culminating later in the collection entitled Talvipalatsi ('The Winter Palace'; 1959).[2] He was at the forefront of the emerging modernist movement in Finland, and in the following decades he went on to have a profound influence on many other genres as well. As a result of his literary achievements, he became the leading writer of his generation and of the entire postwar period in Finland.[3]
Haavikko's first wife Marja-Liisa Vartio was also a writer. They had two children. Marja-Liisa Vartio died in 1966, and Haavikko stopped writing for a long time.[2]
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.[4]
In 1988, Haavikko founded his own publishing firm, Art House.[2]
Honours
- Aleksis Kivi Prize, Finnish Literature Society, 1966[3]
- Pro Finlandia Medal, 1967,
- Honorary Doctorate from the University of Helsinki, 1969[3]
- Knight First Class of the White Rose of Finland, 1978
- In 1993, he won the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize,[3] known as the 'little Nobel'.
- America Award, 2007
Works
Haavikko's works represent many different literary genres, including the librettos for the two operas composed by Aulis Sallinen: Ratsumies (English title: The Horseman) and Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan (English title: The King goes forth to France). His career as is exceptional in its mere productivity: a book every eight months according to his own reckoning.[2]
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Poetry
- Tiet etäisyyksiin (1951) WSOY
- Tuuliöinä (1953) Otava
- Synnyinmaa (1955) Otava
- Lehdet lehtiä (1958) Otava
- Talvipalatsi (1959) Otava (The Winter Palace)
- Puut, kaikki heidän vihreytensä (1966) Otava
- Runoja matkalta salmen ylitse (1973) Otava
- Kaksikymmentä ja yksi (1974) Otava; English translation One and twenty (2007) Translated by Anselm Hollo. Beaverton: Aspasia Books. ISBN 978-0-9783488-1-6
- Puolustuspuhe (1977) WSOY - poems and aforisms
- Viisi sarjaa nopeasti virtaavasta elämästä (1987) Art House
- Toukokuu, ikuinen (1988) Art House
- Rakkaudesta ja kuolemasta (1989) Art House
- Talvirunoja (1990) Art House
- Puiden ylivertaisuudesta (1993) Art House
- Prosperon runot (2001) Art House
Poetry compilations
- Runot 1951–1961 (1962) Otava
- Runot 1949–1974 (1975) Otava
- Runoelmat (1975) Otava
- Sillat. Valitut runot (1984) Otava
- Runot! Runot 1984–1992 WSOY 1992
- Includes After the Deadline (1984), Con amore, con furore (1985), Viisi sarjaa nopeasti virtaavasta elämästä (1987), Toukokuu, ikuinen (1988), Talvirunoja (1990), Musta herbaario (1992) and all the poems from aphorism books Pimeys (1984) and Kansalaisvapaudesta (1989). When After the Deadline and Con amore, con furore were first published, the author distributed them only to a small circle of friends. Musta herbaario was previously unpublished.
- Kirjainmerkit mustat. Runot 1949–1966 (1993) WSOY
- Tyrannin ylistys. Runot 1970–1981 (1994) WSOY
- Valitut runot (2006) WSOY
Plays
- Münchausen; Nuket: Kaksi näytelmää (1960) Otava
- Ylilääkäri: Kaksi näytelmää (1968) Otava. Includes plays Ylilääkäri and Agricola ja kettu.
- Soitannollinen ilta Viipurissa 1918 (1978) Otava ISBN 951-1-04977-1.
- Viisi pientä draamallista tekstiä (1981) Otava ISBN 951-1-06332-4.
- Sulka: 12 näytelmää (1997) WSOY. ISBN 951-0-21855-3.
- Includes: Sulka (1973). Ratsumies (1974) (The Horseman), Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan (1974) (The King Goes Forth to France), Harald Pitkäikäinen (1974), Agricola ja kettu (1968), Kuningas Harald, jäähyväiset (radio play, 1978), Kaisa ja Otto (1976), Herra Östanskog (1981), Ne vahvimmat miehet ei ehjiksi jää (1976), Naismetsä (radio play, 1989), Englantilainen tarina (1990), Anastasia ja minä (1992) (Anastasya and I).
- Airo ja Brita (1999) Art House ISBN 951-884-259-0.
- Hitlerin sateenvarjo (2004) WSOY ISBN 951-0-29123-4.
Other prose
- Kullervon tarina (1982) (Kullervo's Story)
Libretto
References
- ↑ OU.edu
- 1 2 3 4 5 Riikonen, H.K. "Haavikko, Paavo (1931 - 2008)". Kansallisbiografia - The National Biography of Finland. Biografiakeskus, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 Liukkonen, Petri. "Paavo Haavikko (1931-2008)". Authors Calendar. Kuusankoski library. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ↑ Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2008. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC
External links
- Petri Liukkonen. "Paavo Haavikko". Books and Writers (kirjasto.sci.fi). Archived from the original on 4 July 2013.
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