Veijo Meri
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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Main other Veijo Väinö Valvo Meri (31 December 1928 – 21 June 2015) was a Finnish writer. Much of his work focuses on war and its absurdity. The work is anti-war and has dark humor.[1]
Born in Viipuri (today Vyborg, Russia), Meri graduated from secondary school in Hämeenlinna, then studied history and became an independent writer.
His diverse body of work includes novels, short stories, poetry, and essays.
Translations into English
- Manila rope: A novel. (Translated from the Finnish by John McGahern and Annikki Laaksi.) 1967.
- Private Jokinen’s marriage leave. (Translated from the Finnish by J. R. Pitkin.) 1976.
- Beneath the Polar Star: Glimpses of Finnish History. (English translation by Philip Binham.) 1999.
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- 1928 births
- 2015 deaths
- Writers from Vyborg
- Finnish male short story writers
- Finnish short story writers
- Finnish male poets
- Nordic Council Literature Prize winners
- Recipients of the Eino Leino Prize
- 20th-century Finnish poets
- 20th-century Finnish novelists
- 20th-century Finnish translators
- 20th-century short story writers
- 20th-century Finnish essayists
- 20th-century Finnish male writers