Uuno Kailas, born Frans Uno Salonen (29 March 1901 – 22 March 1933) was a Finnish

Finland

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 poet

Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

, author, and translator.

Kailas was born in Hartola

Hartola

Hartola is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the Päijänne Tavastia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water. The population density is....

. After his mother's death, the boy received a strict religious upbringing from his grandmother. He studied in Heinola

Heinola

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 and occasionally in the University of Helsinki

University of Helsinki

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. In 1919, he took part in the Aunus expedition

Aunus expedition

The Aunus expedition was an attempt by Finnish volunteers to occupy parts of East Karelia in 1919, during the Russian Civil War. Aunus is the Finnish name for Olonets Karelia...

, where his close friend Bruno Schildt was killed.

Kailas' criticism and translations were published in Helsingin Sanomat

Helsingin Sanomat

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. His first collection of poetry was Tuuli ja tähkä in 1922.

Kailas served in the army from 1923 until 1925. In 1929, he was hospitalized due to schizophrenia

Schizophrenia

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, and he was also diagnosed with tuberculosis

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. He died in Nice

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, France

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 in 1933, and was buried in Helsinki

Helsinki

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.

Poetry

• Tuuli ja tähkä (Gummerus 1922)
• Purjehtijat (WSOY 1925)
• Silmästä silmään (Schildt 1926)
• Paljain jaloin (Otava, 1928)
• Uni ja kuolema (WSOY 1931)
• Runoja (poems from poetry collections Paljain jaloin, Purjehtijat, Silmästä silmään, Tuuli ja tähkä and Uni ja kuolema; WSOY 1932)
• Punajuova (WSOY 1933)
• Valikoima runoja (WSOY 1938)
• Isien tie (WSOY 1941)
• Uuno Kailaan runoja (selection; WSOY 1963)
• Ja tomust alkaa avaruus (selection; Karisto 1984)
• Unen, kuoleman ja intohimon lauluja (selection; Otava 1986)
• Unten maa (selection; Karisto 1989)
• Tuulien laulu (selection; among Saima Harmaja's and Eino Leino's poems; Kirjapaja 1992)
• Tuulien nousuun (Kirjapaja 1996)
• Palava laulu (selection; WSOY 2000)

Translations

• Leacock, Stephen: Pukinsorkka (Gummerus, 1923)
• Bruhn, Rudolf: Kuuden kerho (Otava 1924)
• Kaunis Saksa (WSOY 1924)
• Rakkauden korkea veisu (Gummerus 1924)
• Rosen, Erwin: Kaikkien valtojen uhalla (Gummerus 1924)
• France, Anatole: Aadamin ensimmäisen vaimon tytär (Kansanvalta 1926)
• Mörne, Arvid: Meren kasvojen edessä (Schildt 1926)
• Scott, Gabriel: Polku (Schildt 1926)
• Södergran, Edith: Levottomia unia (Tulenkantajain osakeyhtiö 1929)
• Kessel, Joseph: Ruhtinasöitä (Näytelmä 1930)
• Tegnér, Esaias: Fritjofin taru (Otava 1932)
• Södergran, Edith: Kohtaamisia (valikoima; WSOY 1982)
• Södergran, Edith: Runoja (WSOY 1942; also known as Kultaiset linnut, Karisto 1990)
• Södergran, Edith: Elämäni, kuolemani ja kohtaloni (among Pentti Saaritsa's ja Aale Tynni's translations; Otava 1994)
• Södergran, Edith: Hiljainen puutarha (Karisto 1994)

Literature

• Maunu Niinistö: Uuno Kailas: hänen elämänsä ja hänen runoutensa. WSOY, 1956.
• Matti Hälli: Uuno Kailaasta Aila Meriluotoon. Suomalaisten kirjailijain elämäkertoja. WSOY, 1947.
• Uuno Kailas: muistojulkaisu. WSOY, 1933.
• Kalle Achté: Uuno Kailas - runoilija psykiatrin silmin. Yliopistopaino.

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