Jarl Robert Hemmer (18 September 1893 – 6 December 1944) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in six consecutive years.
Biography
Hemmer was born in
Vaasa
Vaasa (; , ), formerly (1855-1917) known as Nikolaistad (; ),matriculation exam in 1912 and earned a Bachelor of Philosophy degree in 1917. He served as the secretary of the Finnish Swedish Writers' Association from 1920 to 1924. Hemmer received several literary awards, including the State Literary Prize in 1919, 1920, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1929, and 1934, the SLS Society Prize in 1938, the Lybeck Prize in 1926 and 1935, and the Boisman Prize in 1937.
His first collection of poems, ''Rösterna'' (The Voices), was published in 1914. He made his breakthrough in 1922 with another collection of epic poetry called ''Rågens rike'' (Realm of the Rye). He received The Great Nordic Novel Prize (Stora Nordiska Romanpriset) for ''En man och hans samvete'' (A Fool of Faith), a book about the
Finnish Civil War
The Finnish Civil War was a civil war in Finland in 1918 fought for the leadership and control of the country between Whites (Finland), White Finland and the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic (Red Finland) during the country's transition fr ...
, published in 1931. Hemmer was among the contributors to '' Garm'', a Swedish language satirical and political magazine based in Helsinki.
Following the murder of
Kaj Munk
Kaj Harald Leininger Munk (commonly called Kaj Munk; 13 January 1898 – 4 January 1944) was a Danish playwright and Lutheran pastor, known for his cultural engagement and his martyrdom during the Occupation of Denmark of World War II. He i ...
on 4 January 1944, the Danish resistance newspaper '' De frie Danske'' published condemning reactions from influential Scandinavians, including Hemmer.
Works
* ''The Voices'' 1914.
* ''Realm of the Rye''. Helsinki: Akademiska Bokhandeln, 1938.
* ''Fool of faith.'' New York: Liveright Pub. Corp., 1935,
* ''Rösterna'' (1914; 2nd expanded edition 1918)
* ''Fantaster'' (1915)
* ''Pelaren och andra dikter'' (1916)
* ''Ett land i kamp'' (1918)
* ''Förvandlingar'' (1918)
* ''Prins Louis Ferdinand av Preussen'' (1919)
* ''Över dunklet'' (1919)
* ''Onni Kokko'' (1920)
* ''De skymda ljusen'' (1921)
* ''Rågens rike'' (1922)
* ''Viljan valtakunta'' (1926)
* ''Väntan'' (1922)
* ''Med ödet ombord'' (1924)
* ''Skärseld'' (1925)
* ''Fattiggubbens brud'' (1926)
* ''Budskap'' (1928)
* ''Helg'' (1929)
* ''En man och hans samvete'' (1931)
* ''Lyrik i urval'' (1931)
* ''Onni Kokko och andra berättelser'' (1931)
* ''Morgongåvan'' (1934)
* ''Nordan'' (1936)
* ''Anna Ringars'' (1937)
* ''Klockan i havet'' (1939)
* ''Du land. Femton tidsdikter'' (1940)
* ''Lyrik 1914–1944'' (1945)
* ''Skrifter i minnesupplaga'' (1945–1946)
* ''Dikter i urval'' (1959) – based on ''Lyrik i urval'' and ''Lyrik 1914–1944''
* ''Ljuset i Gehenna'' (1963)
* ''Rågens rike'' (1974)