Veikko Antero Koskenniemi (8 July 1885 – 4 August 1962) was a
Finnish poet born in
Oulu
Oulu ( , ; sv, Uleåborg ) is a city, municipality and a seaside resort of about 210,000 inhabitants in the region of North Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is the most populous city in northern Finland and the fifth most populous in the country after: ...
.
From 1921 to 1948, Koskenniemi served as Professor of Literary History at the
University of Turku
sv, Åbo universitet
, latin_name = Universitas Aboensis
, image_name = University of Turku.svg
, motto = ''Vapaan kansan lahja vapaalle tieteelle''
, established = 1920
, type ...
. He was the university's rector from 1924 to 1932. In 1948 he became a member of the
Finnish Academy. He died in
Turku
Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...
.
V. A. Koskenniemi is one of Finland's most popular writers. Koskenniemi was well known for his poems, travel books, and essays. He was influenced by
Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as treat ...
,
Runeberg, French
Parnassans and
Symbolists. He is perhaps best known for writing the lyrics for the
''Finlandia'' hymn.
Asteroid
An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere.
...
1697 Koskenniemi
Events
January–March
* January 8 – Thomas Aikenhead is hanged outside Edinburgh, becoming the last person in Great Britain to be executed for blasphemy.
* January 11 – French writer Charles Perrault releases the book ''Histoires ou ...
, discovered in 1940–1941, is named after him.
References
External links
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1885 births
1962 deaths
People from Oulu
People from Oulu Province (Grand Duchy of Finland)
Finnish male poets
Writers from Northern Ostrobothnia
Finnish literary critics
Finnish translators
University of Helsinki alumni
20th-century Finnish poets
20th-century translators
20th-century male writers
Rectors of the University of Turku