Pentti Holappa

Pentti Holappa was born in Ylikiiminki on 11 August 1927, into a modest family that his father had left; he grew up with his grandparents and had to work from the age of twelve, on leaving primary school. Self-taught, he held various jobs, was a political journalist and then entered the civil service, and in 1972 was Minister of Culture for the Social Democrats. From 1953 he lived with Olli-Matti Ronimus; they spent long periods in France and translated Sarraute, Simon and Robbe-Grillet together. He died at home in Helsinki on 10 October 2017.

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• NovelYstävän muotokuvaPentti Holappa · 1998not translated into EnglishLiterature