Ernst Runar Schildt was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author

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 from Helsinki

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. His son is art historian

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 and author Göran Schildt. Although Schildt wrote his books in Swedish

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, they have also been translated into Finnish

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, English

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, French

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 and German

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.

Runar Schildt debuted as a writer in 1912 with his first book, a collection of short stories called Den segrande Eros (The Victorious Eros). All in all, he wrote 33 short stories

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, of which 25 were published as book

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s. His short stories have also been adapted for films, including Aapo

Aapo

Aapo was a 1994 Finnish film directed by Tero Jartti and based on a short story by Runar Schildt. The screenplay was written by Jari Hietanen. The film was based around the year 1918. Taisto Reimaluoto portrayed Aapo.-Cast:*Taisto Reimaluoto .... Aapo...

, Galgmannen, and The Kiss of a Sparrow (directed by Claes Olsson).

A selection of Schildt's works

• Armas Fager
• Asmodeus och de tretton själarna samt tre noveller
• Den segrande Eros
• Den stora rollen
• En sparv i tranedans (which was made into the movie The Kiss of a Sparrow)
• Från Regnbågen till Galgmannen
• Från Rönnbruden till Häxskogen
• Galgmannen: en midvintersaga
• Häxskogen och andra noveller
• Hemkomsten och andra noveller
• Lyckoriddaren
• Perdita och andra noveller

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