Juhani Siljo | |
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Born |
Oulu, Finland | 3 May 1888
Died | 6 May 1918
Tampere, Finland | (aged 30)
Juhani Siljo (3 May 1888 – 6 May 1918) was a Finnish poet and translator.
Siljo was born as Johan Alarik Sjögren in Oulu. [1] He completed the Oulun Lyseon Lukio upper secondary school in 1907, [2] and started studies in the University of Helsinki at the same year, but never graduated, instead he focused on writing. [1] He wrote poems, essays and translated authors like Novalis, Friedrich Schiller, Goethe, Friedrich Nietzsche and Charles Baudelaire. [1]
Siljo also worked as an editor in the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat and the periodical Valvoja. From 1915 to 1916 he worked as a library assistant in Jyväskylä. [1]
Siljo was on the side of the White Guards in the Finnish Civil War. He was wounded and captured by the Red Guards in a battle in Orivesi. He died in a military hospital in Tampere after the Battle of Tampere had ended in the victory of the Whites. [1]
Juhani Siljo | |
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Born |
Oulu, Finland | 3 May 1888
Died | 6 May 1918
Tampere, Finland | (aged 30)
Juhani Siljo (3 May 1888 – 6 May 1918) was a Finnish poet and translator.
Siljo was born as Johan Alarik Sjögren in Oulu. [1] He completed the Oulun Lyseon Lukio upper secondary school in 1907, [2] and started studies in the University of Helsinki at the same year, but never graduated, instead he focused on writing. [1] He wrote poems, essays and translated authors like Novalis, Friedrich Schiller, Goethe, Friedrich Nietzsche and Charles Baudelaire. [1]
Siljo also worked as an editor in the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat and the periodical Valvoja. From 1915 to 1916 he worked as a library assistant in Jyväskylä. [1]
Siljo was on the side of the White Guards in the Finnish Civil War. He was wounded and captured by the Red Guards in a battle in Orivesi. He died in a military hospital in Tampere after the Battle of Tampere had ended in the victory of the Whites. [1]