Risto Olavi Rasa (born 29 April 1954 in
Helsinki
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) is a
Finnish poet. He writes short nature poems. He is a librarian in
Somero.
Poem books
*Metsän seinä on vain vihreä ovi ("The wall of the forest is only a green door") (1971)
*Kulkurivarpunen ("The vagabond sparrow") (1973)
*Hiljaa, nyt se laulaa ("Be quiet! Now it sings") (1974)
*Kaksi seppää ("Two smiths") (1976)
*Rantatiellä ("On the shore way") (1980)
*Laulu ennen muuttomatkaa ("The song before the migratory") (poems 1971–1980
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*Taivasalla ("In the open air") (1987)
*Tuhat purjetta ("Thousand sails") (poems 1971–1990
992
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Events
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Worldwide
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External links
Rasa's poems in Finnish and English
1954 births
Living people
Writers from Helsinki
20th-century Finnish poets
Recipients of the Eino Leino Prize
Finnish male poets
Finnish librarians
20th-century male writers
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