Eeva-Liisa Manner
Eeva-Liisa Manner (5 December 1921 – 7 July 1995) was a Finnish poet, playwright and translator.
Biography
She was born in Helsinki, 5 December 1921, but spent her youth in Vyborg (Viipuri).
Manner started as a poet in 1944 with Mustaa ja punaista ("Black and Red"). From her breakthrough collection of poems, Tämä matka ("This Journey", 1956) she was seen as one of the most influential
Regarding her youth, she said:—
The war years shadowed my youth. I was seventeen when the Russian planes started bombarding my home town of Wiborg on 30 November 1939, damaging it badly. At armistice, Wiborg had to be yielded, it remained behind the border – an endless source of nostalgia for one who had a catlike, persevering fondness for homestead. Even as a ten-year-old, I had spine-chilling dreams about the destruction of Wiborg, and from those times onwards I have been haunted by reflections about the nature and mystery of time. I believe that we have a false conception of time; everything has already happened somewhere in an unknown dimension.[1]
She died 7 July 1995 in Tampere.
References
- ^ "Manner". Archived from the original on 2008-09-19. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
External links
- Britannica Online Encyclopedia.
- Books From Finland. Archived 2011-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Enchanting Beasts: An Anthology of Modern Women Poets in Finland.
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