Ilmari Kianto

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Ilmari Kianto portrayed on a postage stamp published in 1974.

Ilmari Kianto (7 May 1874 Pulkkila, Northern Ostrobothnia - 27 April 1970 Helsinki), also known as Ilmari Calamnius and Ilmari Iki-Kianto, was a Finnish author. He is best known for his books Punainen viiva (published 1909) and Ryysyrannan Jooseppi (published in 1924). Jean Sibelius used Kianto's poem 'Lastu lainehilla' (Driftwood) as the lyric for the beautiful last of his Seven Songs, Op.17 (1902).

External links

Ilmari Kianto -seura ry (Finnish)
Text of 'Lastu lainehilla' (Finnish)

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 62489736 LCCN: n78088030 ISNI: 0000 0000 8388 1958 GND: 124742513 SUDOC: 059219068

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Name	Kianto, Ilmari
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Short description	Finnish writer
Date of birth	7 May 1874
Place of birth
Date of death	27 April 1970
Place of death

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