Leif Salmén
Leif Salmén in 2012
Leif Salmén in 2012
Born(1952-01-19)19 January 1952
Helsinki
Died19 November 2019(2019-11-19) (aged 67)
Helsinki
OccupationJournalist, author
LanguageSwedish
NationalityFinnish
GenresPoetry, essays
Years active1976–2017

Leif Henry Salmén (19 January 1952 Helsinki – 19 November 2019 Helsinki[1]) was a Finnish author, journalist and poet.[2]

Career

Salmén studied at Helsinki University with philosophy as his major between 1971 and 1976.[3] He was a member of the Communist Party of Finland from the 1970s until mid-1980s. Salmén was a Taistoist.

Salmén was a TV journalist working for Yleisradio from 1976 to 1989.[3] He was among the best-known media personalities in Finland in the 1980s because of his rapid-fire interviews and uncompromised grilling of politicians and the elite.[2]

After that Salmén worked as a columnist, essayist and a poet. Several of his books were translated into Finnish. Among other honours, Salmén received the Eino Leino Prize in 2013.

Works

  • Vår korta stund tillsammans. Söderström, 1976
  • Att varje dag. Söderström, 1978
  • Begäret. Söderström, 1980
  • Dans och tystnad. Söderström, 1982
  • Finländsk bokföring: Dagbok från tredje republiken. Söderström, 1983
  • Ikon. Söderström, 1986
  • Vintermonolog: Dagbok från tredje republiken. Söderström, 1987
  • Duvorna på Plaza Real. Söderström, 1990
  • Livet i förorten. Söderström, 1992
  • Fjärde republiken: Oregelbundna anteckningar. Söderström, 1994
  • Men Marx menade motsatsen. Söderström, 1996
  • Promenader i Leninparken. Söderström, 2000
  • Palatset vid Bosporen: Essäer. Söderström, 2005
  • Ner från Akropolis. Söderström, 2008
  • Den underjordiska moskén. Schildts & Söderströms, 2013
  • Det orientaliska rummet. Förlaget, 2017

References

  1. "Leif Salmén har avlidit". Svenska Yle. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  2. 1 2 Salmen, Leif at Biografiskt lexikon för Finland (in Swedish).
  3. 1 2 "Leif Salmén". 375 Humanists. University of Helsinki. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
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