Uljas Vikström (3 March 1910, Turku – 17 April 1977, Petrozavodsk) was a Finnish writer, translator and editor, who lived in the Soviet Union. According to his family Vikström fled to Russia after the victory of the Whites in the Finnish Civil War. Vikström graduated in 1933 Leningrad communist university of journalists and 1935 the Communist University of the National Minorities of the West. He began his career of writing in 1934. He worked for many years as the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Punalippu and translated a number of books by Soviet authors into Finnish. Vikström was the chairman of the Karelian Union of Writers from 1971 to 1975, and in 1968 was awarded the title of an honorary cultural figure of the Karelian ASSR.

Works

*''Uusia ystäviä'', a play, 1950 *''Käy eespäin väki voimakas…'' 1956 *''Suvelan Osku'', 1961 *''Toiska'', a narration about the life of

Toivo Antikainen Toivo Antikainen (russian: То́йво А́нтикайнен, 8 June 1898 – 4 October 1941) was a Finnish-born communist and a military officer of the Soviet Red Army. He was one of the founders and leaders of the exile Communist Party of Finla ...

, 1969 *''Torpeedo'', a narration about the life of Otto Wille Kuusinen, 1972 *''Hajamuistoja'', 1978

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Karjalan suomenkieliset kirjailijat: Uljas Vikström (1910–1977)
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