Elmer Diktonius

Elmer Diktonius was born in Helsingfors on 20 January 1896, the son of a printing-house foreman, and wrote in Swedish as well as in Finnish. He first wanted to be a musician, taught music and composed, but his works found little echo; he made his literary debut in 1921. A central figure and theorist of Swedish-language modernism in Finland, he was also a literary and music critic, and translated Kivi into Swedish. Illness isolated him completely in his last years; he died in Grankulla on 23 September 1961.

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• NovelJanne KubikElmer Diktonius · 1932not translated into EnglishLiterature