Veijo Meri

Veijo Meri was born in Vyborg on 31 December 1928. A graduate of the Hämeenlinna lyceum, he studied history, then lived by his pen. He made his debut in 1954 with stories about a solitary soldier wandering on both sides of the lines. His work, which makes war and its absurdity its major subject, includes novels, short stories, poems, plays, radio plays, an opera libretto, essays, biographies, history books and an etymological dictionary. He received the Nordic Council Prize in 1973 and died in Helsinki on 21 June 2015.

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• NovelThe Manila RopeManillaköysiVeijo Meri · 1957Literature