Pentti Holappa

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Pentti Holappa (born August 11, 1927) is a Finnish poet and writer. Born in Ylikiiminki to a family of modest means, he held numerous jobs before becoming Minister of Culture. Self-educated, he has published close to fifteen volumes of poetry, six novels, and numerous essays. He has also worked as a translator; among the poets and authors whose work he has translated into Finnish are Charles Baudelaire, Pierre Reverdy, and J. M. G. Le Clézio. He received the Finlandia Prize in 1998.

Bibliography

Long Words: Poems 1950-1994 (1997)
Ystävän muotokuva: Portrait of a Friend

External links

Website
His work on Poezibao

References

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the French Wikipedia.

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Name	Holappa, Pentti
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Short description	Finnish writer
Date of birth	August 11, 1927
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