Jörn Donner

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Jörn Johan Donner (5 February 1933 – 30 January 2020) was a Finnish writer, film director, actor, producer, politician and founder of Finnish Film Archive.[1] He was also a publisher, editor, and a prominent literary and film critic.[2] He produced Ingmar Bergman's film Fanny and Alexander, which won four Academy Awards in 1984. Donner also served in the Finnish parliament and the European Parliament, making significant contributions to both cinema and politics.

Biography

Born into the Finland-Swedish Donner family of German descent, Jörn Donner was the son of the linguist Kai Reinhold Donner and Margareta von Bonsdorff[2], and the grandson of linguist and politician Otto Donner.[3] After graduating from the Svenska normallyceum in 1951, he earned a Master of Arts degree from the University of Helsinki in 1959.[2]

Donner began his career in journalism and criticism in the 1950s. He was the publisher of the magazine Arena (1951–1954), an editor for Ny Tid (1952–1953), and worked as a literary or film critic for numerous publications, including Vapaa Sana (1952–1955), Päivän Sanomat (1957–1958), Nya Pressen (1951–1959), Bonniers Litterära Magasin (1959–1962), Ylioppilaslehti (1961–1963), Hufvudstadsbladet (1952–1962), and Sweden's Dagens Nyheter (1960–1965). He was also a columnist for Hufvudstadsbladet starting in 1980.[2]

He lived and worked for long periods in Sweden, initially as a film director for Sandrews from 1963 to 1966[2], and later at the Swedish Film Institute, where he served as executive director (1972–1975), film producer (1975–1978), and managing director (1978–1982).[2] He was also the managing director of his own company, Jörn Donner Productions, from 1966.[2] In 1979, he was a member of the jury at the 29th Berlin International Film Festival.[4] From 1981 to 1983, he was the chairman of the Finnish Film Foundation.[2] Internationally Jörn Donner was best known as the producer of Ingmar Bergman's film Fanny and Alexander (Script error: No such module "Lang"., 1982). In 1984 the movie won a total of four Academy Awards including the award for best foreign language film,[5] making him to date the only Finn to receive an Oscar. His novel Script error: No such module "Lang". (Father and Son) won the Finlandia Prize in 1985. His earlier literary work was recognized with the State Prize for Literature in 1972 and the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland Prize in 1972, 1975, and 1981[2].

Donner was associated with several different political parties, such as SDP and RKP, and was at different times a member both of the Finnish parliament and the European Parliament. He was chairman of the leftist artists' association Kiila from 1957 to 1958 and served on the Helsinki city council in 1969–1972 and again from 1984.[2] As of 2007Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". he was again a member of the Finnish parliament for a short while, after Eva Biaudet resigned to take a position at the OSCE.

Donner suffered from prostate and lung cancers.[6] He died of lung disease at Meilahti hospital in Helsinki on 30 January 2020, six days before his 87th birthday.[7][8] After his death, an archive of thousands of photographs was discovered at his home, showing that Donner was also a skilled photographer.[9] In 2023, Donner's widow revealed that she had thrown his ashes in the compost after discovering his history of infidelity.[10]

Filmography

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Donner, with actress Kristiina Halkola filming Black on White in 1967

Bibliography

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Donner at the Helsinki Book Fair (2015)
  • 1951 – Script error: No such module "Lang".. Söderström. Template:Catalog lookup link[2]
  • 1952 – Script error: No such module "Lang".. Söderström.[2]
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  • 1958 – Script error: No such module "Lang".. Schildts. Template:Catalog lookup link [2](Finnish: Berliini — arkea ja uhkaa, trans. Toivo J. Kivilahti, WSOY, 1958)
  • 1960 – Script error: No such module "Lang".. Söderström. Template:Catalog lookup link (Finnish: Terveenä sairaalassa, trans. Arvo Salo, Fennia, 1961)[2]
  • 1961 – Script error: No such module "Lang".. Söderström. Template:Catalog lookup link (Finnish: Ihmisten Helsinki, trans. Seppo Virtanen, WSOY, 1961)[2]
  • 1962 – Script error: No such module "Lang".. Söderström. Template:Catalog lookup link (Finnish: Paholaisen kasvot: Ingmar Bergmanin elokuvat, trans. Juha Virkkunen, Otava, 1967)[2]
  • 1962 – Script error: No such module "Lang".. Söderström. Template:Catalog lookup link (Finnish: Raportti Tonavalta, trans. Seppo Virtanen, WSOY, 1963)[2]
  • 1967 – Script error: No such module "Lang".. Söderström. Template:Catalog lookup link (Finnish: Uusi maammekirja, trans. Seppo Heikinheimo, Otava, 1967)[2]
  • 1968 – Script error: No such module "Lang".. Söderström. Template:Catalog lookup link (Finnish: Maailmankirja, trans. Jukka Kemppinen, Otava, 1968)[2]
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  • 1970 – Script error: No such module "Lang".. Otava.[2]
  • 1971 – Script error: No such module "Lang".. Söderström. Template:Catalog lookup link (Finnish: Surun ja rakkauden kesä, trans. Jukka Kemppinen, Otava, 1971)[2]
  • 1972 – Script error: No such module "Lang".. Söderström. Template:ISBN (Finnish: Marina Maria, trans. Jukka Kemppinen, Otava, 1974)[2]
  • 1973 – Script error: No such module "Lang".. Wahlström & Widstrand. Template:ISBN (Finnish: Matka vieraaseen maahan, trans. Jukka Kemppinen, Otava, 1974)[2]
  • 1974 – Script error: No such module "Lang".. Söderström. Template:ISBN (Finnish: Nyt sinun täytyy, trans. Jukka Kemppinen, Otava, 1975)[2]
  • 1976 – Script error: No such module "Lang".. Wahlström & Widstrand. Template:ISBN (Finnish: Angela, trans. Jukka Kemppinen, Otava, 1976)[2]
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  • 1978 – Script error: No such module "Lang".. Söderström. Template:Catalog lookup link (Finnish: Jakob ja kylmä rauha, trans. Jukka Kemppinen, Otava, 1979)[2]
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  • 1980 – Script error: No such module "Lang".. WSOY. (trans. Jukka Kemppinen)[2]
  • 1981 – Script error: No such module "Lang".. Söderström. Template:Catalog lookup link (Finnish: Angela ja rakkaus, trans. Marja Nieminen, Otava, 1981)[2]
  • 1982 – Script error: No such module "Lang".. Söderström. Template:ISBN (Finnish: Itsenäisyyspäivä, trans. Seppo Heikinheimo, Otava, 1983)[2]
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  • 1991 – Fazer 100. Söderström. Template:ISBN
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  • 2009 – Script error: No such module "Lang".. Ekerlid. Template:ISBN
  • 2011 – Script error: No such module "Lang".. Söderström. Template:ISBN
  • 2013 – Script error: No such module "Lang".. Schildts & Söderströms. Template:ISBN
  • 2015 – Script error: No such module "Lang".. Schildts & Söderströms. Template:ISBN
  • 2015 – Script error: No such module "Lang".. Albert Bonniers Förlag. Template:ISBN
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Edited works and translations[2]

  • Script error: No such module "Lang". (1966) by Paavo Haavikko. Translated into Swedish by Donner.
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". (1975) by Paavo Haavikko. Translated into Swedish by Donner.
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". (1954) by Elmer Diktonius. Edited by Donner.
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". (1956) by Elmer Diktonius. Edited by Donner.
  • Kirjailija- ja taiteilijaryhmä Kiilan albumi VI (1954). Co-edited with Maija Savutie.
  • Diktonius, En bok på 60-ärsdagen den 20 januari 1956 (1956). Co-edited with Stig Carlson and Artur Lundkvist.

See also

References

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  6. ↑ Jörn Donner: "Syöpäkontrollit piinaavat"
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Further reading

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