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Occupation
  
Writer

Education
  
University of Helsinki

Role
  
Writer

Name
  
Veijo Meri


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Born
  
31 December 1928 Viipuri, Finland (
1928-12-31
)

Died
  
June 21, 2015, Helsinki, Finland

Books
  
Peiliin piirretty nainen, Sujut, Kersantin poika, Beneath the Polar Star: Glimpses of Finnish History

Awards
  
Nordic Council's Literature Prize

Similar People
  
Bo Carpelan, Paavo Heininen, Kaj Chydenius

Nominations
  
Tieto-Finlandia award

Veijo meri paskakirjat


Veijo Väinö Valvo Meri (31 December 1928 – 21 June 2015) was a Finnish writer. Much of his work focuses on war and its absurdity. The work is anti-war and has dark humor.

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Born in Viipuri (today Vyborg, Russia), Meri graduated from secondary school in Hämeenlinna, then studied history and became an independent writer.

His diverse body of work includes novels, short stories, poetry, and essays.

Hommage a veijo meri


Translations into English

  • Manila rope: A novel. (Translated from the Finnish by John McGahern and Annikki Laaksi.) 1967.
  • Private Jokinen’s marriage leave. (Translated from the Finnish by J. R. Pitkin.) 1976.
  • Beneath the Polar Star: Glimpses of Finnish History. (English translation by Philip Binham.) 1999.

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