Aaro Hellaakoski (June 22, 1893 – November 23, 1952) was a
Finnish poet whose work includes some of the earliest examples of
modernism
Modernism was an early 20th-century movement in literature, visual arts, and music that emphasized experimentation, abstraction, and Subjectivity and objectivity (philosophy), subjective experience. Philosophy, politics, architecture, and soc ...
in
Finnish literature
Finnish literature refers to literature written in Finland. During the European early Middle Ages, the earliest text in a Finnic language is the unique thirteenth-century Birch bark letter no. 292 from Novgorod. The text was written in Cyrilli ...
.
Hellaakoski was born in
Oulu
Oulu ( , ; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of North Ostrobothnia. It is located on the northwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the Oulujoki, River Oulu. The population of Oulu is approximately , while the Oulu sub-regio ...
. By profession he was a
geographer
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conducting studies in
physical geography
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and
geomorphology
Geomorphology () is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of topographic and bathymetric features generated by physical, chemical or biological processes operating at or near Earth's surface. Geomorphologists seek to understand wh ...
and working as a school teacher of geography as well as a university teacher. As a geographer he published scientific studies on topics such as the geological history of lake
Saimaa
Saimaa ( , ; ) is a lake located in the Finnish Lakeland area in southeastern Finland. With a surface area of approximately , it is the largest lake in Finland, and the fourth-largest natural freshwater lake in Europe.
The name Saimaa likely co ...
and the geological history of lake
Puula and spent his summers in geomorphological fieldwork in the
Finnish Lakeland
Finnish Lakeland or the Finnish lake district ( , "Lake Finland", ) is a large landscape region in central eastern Finland.
The hilly, forest-covered landscape of Lakeland Finland's lake plateau is dominated by drumlins and by long sinuous es ...
for many years. He also wrote some geography textbooks for schools together with other scholars.
Examples of poetry
1943
1946
Bibliography
Poetry
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Runot, 1916
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Nimettömiä lauluja, 1918
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Me kaksi, 1920
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Elegiasta oodiin, 1921
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Maininki ja vaahtopää, 1924
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Jääpeili, 1928
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Valitut runot, 1940
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Vartiossa, 1943
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Uusi runo,
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Huojuvat keulat, 1946
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Hiljaisuus, 1949
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Sarjoja, 1952
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Huomenna seestyvää, 1953,
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Nimettömiä lauluja, 1918
Prose
* Suljettujen ovien takana, 1923. (novel)
* Iloinen yllätys, 1927. (short stories)
Essays and art criticism
* Kuuntelua, 1950.
* T. K. Sallinen, 1921.
* Niinkuin minä näin, 1959.
Scientific works
* Puulan järviryhmän kehityshistoria, 1928.
* Suursaimaa, 1922.
References
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*Tikkanen Matti: Aaro Hellaakoski - runoileva maantieteilijä
aro Hellakoski, a poet and a geographer Terra, 1993, 105:2, pp. 67–82. Helsinki: Geographical Society of Finland.
External links
* (in
Finnish)
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1893 births
1952 deaths
People from Oulu
People from Oulu Province (Grand Duchy of Finland)
Finnish male poets
Finnish geographers
Finnish art critics
Writers from Northern Ostrobothnia
20th-century Finnish poets
20th-century Finnish male writers
People of the Finnish Civil War (White side)
20th-century geographers