Viljo Lennart Kajava (22 September 1909 – 2 February 1998) was a

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poet and writer. He was born in

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, and his first collections of poems were released in 1935. During his 50-year career he published nearly 40 books, most of them poems. Kavaja's ''Tampereen runot'' ("Poems of Tampere 1918") has become a symbol of the pacifistic point of view of the

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. He died in

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, and is buried in the

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there. Kajava studied at the University of Helsinki. He started as a writer in the mid-1930s. His production was very social and left -wing. He was a central member of the member's writer association Kiila. The Winter War between 1939 and 1940 was a major transformation for Kajava, and he moved from sociality to nature and impressionist lyrics in his production. During the Continuation War, Kajava served as a front correspondent in the TK company.Pekkanen, Toivo – Rauanheimo, Reino (toim.): ''Kailaasta Meriluotoon: Suomalaisten kirjailijain elämäkertoja'', s. 374–381. Porvoo–Helsinki: WSOY, 1947.

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* 1909 births 1998 deaths People from Tampere Writers from Pirkanmaa Finnish male poets Finnish writers Recipients of the Eino Leino Prize Finnish literary critics 20th-century Finnish poets Burials at Hietaniemi Cemetery 20th-century male writers {{Finland-writer-stub