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Dolce Far Niente (poem)
"" is a poem by Finnish poet Aaro Hellaakoski. First published in his 1928 collection ''Jääpeili'' ('The ice mirror') notable especially for its experimental typography, it was the subject of a study into the relationship between manuscript (or proof) and print version.{{cite book , last=Pulkkinen , first=Pulkkinen , title=The Journal of the European Society for Textual Scholarship , date=2013 , publisher=Editions Rodopi , isbn=9789401209021 , editor1-last=Van Mierlo , editor1-first=Wim , location=Amsterdam , pages=163–186 , chapter=A Genetic and Semiotic Approach to the Bibliographical Code Exemplified by the Typography of Aaro Hellaakoski's 'Dolce Far Niente' , editor2-last=Fachard , editor2-first=Alexandre , chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TUUjAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA167 See also * ''Dolce far niente "Dolce far niente" (literally “sweet doing nothing, sweet idleness”) is an Italian saying. See also * Critique of work * Dolce far niente (poem) * Dolce vita ...
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Aaro Hellaakoski
Aaro Hellaakoski (June 22, 1893 – November 23, 1952) was a Finnish poet whose work includes some of the earliest examples of modernism in Finnish literature. Hellaakoski was born in Oulu. By profession he was a geographer conducting studies in physical geography and geomorphology and working as a school teacher of geography as well as a university teacher. As a geographer he published scientific studies on topics such as the geological history of lake Saimaa and the geological history of lake Puula and spent his summers in geomorphological fieldwork in the Finnish Lakeland for many years. He also wrote some geography textbooks for schools together with other scholars. Examples of poetry 1943 1946 Bibliography Poetry * Runot, 1916 * Nimettömiä lauluja, 1918 * Me kaksi, 1920 * Elegiasta oodiin, 1921 * Maininki ja vaahtopää, 1924 * Jääpeili, 1928 * Valitut runot, 1940 * Vartiossa, 1943 * Uusi runo, * Huojuvat keulat, 1946 * Hiljaisuus, 1949 * Sarjoja, 1952 ...
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Jääpeili
''Jääpeili'' is a 1928 poetry collection by Finnish poet Aaro Hellaakoski, considered by contemporary Finnish literature critics to be one of his best works. Overview The poetry's innovative pictorial typography in the poems "Sade" and "Dolce far niente" recalled Apollinaire's ''Calligrammes'' (1918); "Sade" especially recalls his "Il pleut", and both are classified as visual poetry. Other sources of inspiration for the poems were extracted from Cubism and the works of the Italian poet F.T. Marinetti, writer of the Manifeste du futurisme (1912). Hellaakoski's enthusiasm about urban visual landscape is present in the poems that also had connections with the youthful romanticism of other Finnish writers such as Mika Waltari and Olavi Paavolainen Olavi Paavolainen (17 September 1903 – 19 July 1964) was a Finnish writer, essayist and poet. He was one of the prominent figures of the literary group Tulenkantajat (″The Flame Bearers″), and one of the most influential Finnish ...
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Dolce Far Niente
"Dolce far niente" (literally “sweet doing nothing, sweet idleness”) is an Italian saying. See also * Critique of work * Dolce far niente (poem) * Dolce vita * Idleness Idleness is a lack of Motion (physics), motion or energy. In describing a person, idle means the act of nothing or no Work (human activity), work (for example: "John Smith is an idle person"). A person who spends his or her days doing nothing cou ... References {{Reflist Italian language ...
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