Eino Leino (1878-1926)

Death: 10th January 1926
Location: Hietaniemi Cemetery (Hietaniemen hautausmaa), Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
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Finnish poet and journalist who is considered to be one of the pioneers of Finnish poetry. Leino published over 70 books of poems and stories. The most famous of these are the two poem collections Helkavirsiä (1903 and 1916), in which he extensively uses Finnish mythology and folklore. In addition, Leino was the first person to translate Dante's Divine Comedy into Finnish.

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