Veijo Meri

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Veijo Meri (born December 31, 1928) is a Finnish writer. Much of his work focuses on war and its absurdity.

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

His body of work is diverse in content and includes novels, short stories, poetry, and essays. In 1971, he published an autobiography entitled Kersantin poika (Son of a Sergeant).

Also he is the most famous biograph of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim.

v • d • e Recipients of the Nordic Council's Literature Prize (List) 1962: Eyvind Johnson · 1963: Väinö Linna · 1964: Tarjei Vesaas · 1965: William Heinesen &: Olof Lagercrantz · 1966: Gunnar Ekelöf · 1967: Johan Borgen · 1968: Per Olof Sundman · 1969: Per Olov Enquist · 1970: Klaus Rifbjerg · 1971: Thorkild Hansen · 1972: Karl Vennberg · 1973: Veijo Meri · 1974: Villy Sørensen · 1975: Hannu Salama · 1976: Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson · 1977: Bo Carpelan · 1978: Kjartan Fløgstad · 1979: Ivar Lo-Johansson · 1980: Sara Lidman · 1981: Snorri Hjartarson · 1982: Sven Delblanc · 1983: Peter Seeberg · 1984: Göran Tunström · 1985: Antti Tuuri · 1986: Rói Patursson · 1987: Herbjørg Wassmo · 1988: Thor Vilhjálmsson · 1989: Dag Solstad · 1990: Tomas Tranströmer · 1991: Nils-Aslak Valkeapää · 1992: Friða Á. Sigurðardóttir · 1993: Peer Hultberg · 1994: Kerstin Ekman · 1995: Einar Már Guðmundsson · 1996: Øystein Lønn · 1997: Dorrit Willumsen · 1998: Tua Forsström · 1999: Pia Tafdrup · 2000: Henrik Nordbrandt · 2001: Jan Kjærstad · 2002: Lars Saabye Christensen · 2003: Eva Ström · 2004: Kari Hotakainen · 2005: Sjón · 2006: Göran Sonnevi · 2007: Sara Stridsberg