''Jääpeili'' is a 1928 poetry collection by Finnish poet

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 ...

, 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 "

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" recalled Apollinaire's ''Calligrammes'' (1918); "Sade" especially recalls his "Il pleut", and both are classified as

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. Other sources of inspiration for the poems were extracted from

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and the works of the Italian poet

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, writer of the

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(1912). Hellaakoski's enthusiasm about urban visual landscape is present in the poems that also had connections with the youthful

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of other Finnish writers such as

Mika Waltari Mika Toimi Waltari (; 19 September 1908 – 26 August 1979) was a Finnish writer, best known for his best-selling novel ''The Egyptian'' ( fi, Sinuhe egyptiläinen). He was extremely productive. Besides his novels he also wrote poetry, short stori ...

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 writers of ...

References

External links and sources

* *http://www.hs.fi/juttusarja/kritiikinklassikot/artikkeli/Aaro+Hellaakoski+J%C3%A4%C3%A4peili+Runoja/1135223001685 1928 poetry books Finnish poetry collections {{finland-stub