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Lauri Arvi Viita (17 December 1916 – 22 December 1965) was a poet hailing from the Pispala district of Tampere, Finland.

Lauri Viita
Born	(1916-12-17)17 December 1916 Pirkkala, Finland
Died	22 December 1965(1965-12-22) (aged 49) Helsinki, Finland

Viita was a verbally talented son of a carpenter who became a self-taught writer. He only published four poetry collections, but they became very popular. He also inspired other writers who had a working-class background. Viita's last creative years were shadowed by a mental illness, and he spent several periods in hospital.[1]

Viita wrote mainly traditional poetry with rhymes. In 1950s, he was shadowed by emerging modernists such as Paavo Haavikko and Tuomas Anhava. He played with words and published e.g. a poem where all words started with letter K.[2]

Viita was married three times and had seven children. His second wife was famous poet Aila Meriluoto. Viita died in a car accident in December 1965,[3] when the taxi he was in was struck by a truck driven by a drunk driver.[4]

Selected works

• Betonimylläri (poems, 1947)
• Kukunor (a poetic fairytale, 1949)
• Moreeni (a novel, 1950)
• Käppyräinen (poems, 1954)
• Suutarikin, suuri viisas (poems, 1961)
• Entäs sitten, Leevi (a novel, 1965)

References

External links

• Petri Liukkonen. "Lauri Viita". Books and Writers
• Lauri Viita Museum

На других языках

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- [en] Lauri Viita

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[fr] Lauri Viita

Lauri Arvi Viita (né le 17 décembre 1916 à Pirkkala, près de Tampere et mort le 22 décembre 1965 à Helsinki) est un poète, écrivain et charpentier finlandais. Malgré sa production très limitée qui se compose de quatre recueils de poèmes et deux romans, Lauri Viita est l'un des grands noms de la littérature finlandaise de l'après-Seconde Guerre mondiale[1].

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[ru] Виита, Лаури

Лаури Арви Виита (фин. Lauri Arvi Viita, 17 декабря 1916, Пирккала — 22 декабря 1965, Хельсинки) — финский поэт и прозаик, один из наиболее известных финских литературных деятелей послевоенного времени. Виита принадлежал к группе пролетарских писателей Тампере[1].

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