Veijo Meri

Veijo Meri
Born	31 December 1928 (1928-12-31) (age 83) Viipuri

Veijo Meri (born 31 December 1928) is a Finnish writer. Much of his work focuses on war and its absurdity. The work is anti-war and has dark humor.

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.

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Biography by Finnish Literature Society

Nordic Council Literature Prize winners

1960s-1970s	1962: The Days of his Grace (Eyvind Johnson) 1963: Reconciliation: Under The North Star 3 (Väinö Linna) 1964: The Ice Palace (Tarjei Vesaas) 1965: Olof Lagercrantz and The Good Hope (William Heinesen) 1966: Diwan on the Prince of Emgion (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

1980s-1990s	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: Justice Undone (Thor Vilhjálmsson) 1989: Dag Solstad 1990: For the Living and the Dead (Tomas Tranströmer) 1991: Nils-Aslak Valkeapää 1992: Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir 1993: Peer Hultberg 1994: Blackwater (Kerstin Ekman) 1995: Einar Már Guðmundsson 1996: Øystein Lønn 1997: Dorrit Willumsen 1998: Tua Forsström 1999: Pia Tafdrup

2000s-2010s	2000: Henrik Nordbrandt 2001: Jan Kjærstad 2002: The Half Brother (Lars Saabye Christensen) 2003: Eva Ström 2004: Kari Hotakainen 2005: The Blue Fox (Sjón) 2006: Göran Sonnevi 2007: Drömfakulteten (Sara Stridsberg) 2008: Naja Marie Aidt 2009: I Curse the River of Time (Per Petterson) 2010: Purge (Sofi Oksanen) 2011: Gyrðir Elíasson

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Name	Meri, Veijo
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Date of birth	31 December 1928
Place of birth	Viipuri
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