Leif Salmén
Leif Salmén | |
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Leif Salmén in 2012 | |
| Born | 19 January 1952 |
| Died | 19 November 2019 (aged 67) Helsinki |
| Occupation | Journalist, author |
| Language | Swedish |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Education | Graduated upper secondary school (1971)[1] |
| Genres | Poetry, essays |
| Years active | 1976–2017 |
| Spouse | Maria Romantschuk (m. 1979) |
Leif Henry Salmén (19 January 1952 Helsinki – 19 November 2019 Helsinki[2]) was a Finnish author, journalist and poet.[3]His parents were pharmacists Ture Salmen and Raili Brotell.[4]
Career
Between 1966 and 1971, Salmén worked various jobs, including as an office clerk and as a port, metal and sawmill worker. Salmén studied at Helsinki University with philosophy as his major between 1971 and 1976.[5] During this period, he also began his media career, working as a freelance journalist from 1969 to 1976, for the Finnish News Agency (STT) from 1973 to 1975, and as a production manager at Lilla Teatern in 1975. 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.[5] He worked for the Swedish-language news service TV-Nytt from 1978 and became a political journalist in 1980.[6]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.[3]
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
- Lähdön jäljet. 1980 (as Swedish text contributor; original text by Paavo Rintala)[1]
- Dans och tystnad. Söderström, 1982
- Finländsk bokföring: Dagbok från tredje republiken. Söderström, 1983
- Popocatepetl. 1983[1]
- 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
- ^ a b c "Salmen, Leif Henry". Biographical entry provided as source text.
- ^ "Leif Salmén har avlidit". Svenska Yle. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ a b Salmen, Leif at Biografiskt lexikon för Finland (in Swedish).
- ^ "Salmen, Leif Henry". Writers in Finland 1945–1980 (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura och Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. 1985. p. 601. ISBN 951-717-348-2.
- ^ a b "Leif Salmén". 375 Humanists. University of Helsinki. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Salmen, Leif Henry". Writers in Finland 1945–1980 (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura och Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. 1985. p. 601. ISBN 951-717-348-2.