Elmer Diktonius

Elmer Rafael Diktonius (20 January 1896 – 23 September 1961) was a Finnish poet and composer, who wrote in both Swedish and in Finnish.

He was born in Helsinki and studied at the Helsinki Music Institute. He undertook several study trips abroad, including to France and England in 1921–22, Paris in 1925–27, and Prague in 1934[1]. In 1922, he established an avant-garde magazine, Ultra, which had Finnish and Swedish editions.[2] He was also involved in the establishment of another avant-garde magazine Quosego.[3] In addition to his editorial work, he was a literary and music critic for numerous publications, including Arbetarbladet, Elanto, Suomen Sosialidemokraatti, Nya Argus, and the Malmö-based Arbetet. He was a board member of the Society of Swedish Authors in Finland from 1927, and served as its vice-chairman between 1937 and 1944.[1] He mainly lived in Tuomistonoja of the Röykkä village.[4][5]

Diktonius died in Kauniainen, and is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.[6]

Private life

Dikotnius was the son of August Viktor Diktonius and Adelaide Maria Rosalie Malmström. He was married twice; first to Meri Rigmor Marttinen from 1923 until their divorce in 1926, and second to Anna-Leena Jäykkä from 1929.[1]

Awards and honors

Source:[1]

  • Lybeck Prize (1929, 1933)
  • State Prize for Literature (1930, 1938, 1942, 1943)
  • Swedish Literature Society in Finland Prize (1939, 1956)
  • Tollander Prize (1943)
  • Honorary member of the Swedish Literature Society in Finland (1956)

Publications

Original works

Source:[1]

  • Min dikt (poems, 1921)
  • Hårda sånger (poems, 1922)
  • Brödet och elden (1923)
  • Taggiga lågor (poems, 1924)
  • Onnela (prose, 1925)
  • Stenkol (poems, 1927)
  • Ingenting och andra novellistiska skisser (prose fiction, 1928)
  • Stark men mörk (poems, 1930)
  • Janne Kubik (novel, 1932)
  • Opus 12. Musik (essays, 1933)
  • Mull och moln (prose and poetry, 1934)
  • Medborgare i republiken Finland (short stories, 1935)
  • Gräs och granit (selected poems, 1936)
  • Jordisk ömhet (poems, 1938)
  • Medborgare. Andra samlingen (short stories, 1940)
  • Varsel (poems, 1942)
  • Höstlig bastu (prose, 1943)
  • Hård början (poems, 1946)
  • Annorlunda (poems, 1948)
  • Novembervår (poems, 1951)
  • Dikter 1912—1942 (collected poems, 1955)
  • Prosa 1925—1943 (collected prose, 1955)
  • Meningar (aphorisms and essays, 1957)
  • Agneta Rahikainen; Marit Lindqvist; Maria Antas (2000). Gudsöga, djävulstagg : Diktoniusstudier / utgivna av Agneta Rahikainen, Marit Lindqvist och Maria Antas. Skrifter / utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, 0039-6842 ; 619 (in Swedish). Helsinki: Society of Swedish Literature in Finland. ISBN 951-583-051-6. ISSN 0039-6842. Wikidata Q113529970.

Translations by Diktonius

As editor

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Diktonius, Elmer Rafael". Writers in Finland 1917–1944 (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura och Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. 1981. pp. 49–51. ISBN 951-717-238-9.
  2. ^ Fredrik Hertzberg; Vesa Haapala; Janna Kantola (2012). "The Finland-Swedish Avant-Garde Moments". In Hubert van den Berg; et al. (eds.). A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1900-1925. Vol. 28. Amsterdam; New York: Rodopi. p. 448. doi:10.1163/9789401208918_031. ISBN 9789401208918.
  3. ^ Fredrik Hertzberg (2019). "Quosego – Final Blow, Starting Shot". In Benedikt Hjartarson; et al. (eds.). A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1925-1950. Vol. 36. Leiden: Brill Rodopi. pp. 196–207. doi:10.1163/9789004388291_010. ISBN 9789004388291. S2CID 187040614.
  4. ^ Elmer (Rafael) Diktonius (1896-1961) – Author's Calendar
  5. ^ Runoilija ja säveltäjä Elmer Diktonius (1896-1961) (in Finnish)
  6. ^ "Hietaniemen hautausmaa – merkittäviä vainajia" (PDF). Helsingin seurakuntayhtymä. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
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