Uuno Kailas

Uuno Kailas

Uuno Kailas
Born 29 March 1901
Heinola, Finland
Died 22 March 1933 (aged 31)
Nice, France
Occupation Poet, author, translator
Nationality Finnish
Literary movement Tulenkantajat

Uuno Kailas, born Frans Uno Salonen (29 March 1901 – 22 March 1933) was a Finnish poet, author, and translator.

Kailas was born in Heinola. After his mother's death, the boy received a strict religious upbringing from his grandmother. He studied in Heinola and occasionally in the University of Helsinki. In 1919, he took part in the Aunus expedition, where his close friend Bruno Schildt was killed.

Kailas' criticism and translations were published in Helsingin Sanomat. His first collection of poetry was Tuuli ja tähkä in 1922.

Kailas served in the army from 1923 until 1925. In 1929, he was hospitalized due to schizophrenia, and he was also diagnosed with tuberculosis. He died in Nice, France in 1933, and was buried in Helsinki.

Works

Poetry

Short stories

Translations

Literature

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