Name Josef Wecksell Role Poet | Education University of Helsinki | |
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Died August 9, 1907, Helsinki, Finland | ||
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Josef Julius Wecksell (19 March 1838 Turku - 9 August 1907 Helsinki) was a Finnish poet and playwright. He studied at the University of Helsinki. He was committed to the Endenich asylum, and then Lappvik asylum, from 1865 until his death.
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His poems were set to music by Sibelius.
In 1969, a statue of him was erected at the entrance to Åbo Akademi University.
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