Uuno Kailas

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Uuno Kailas


Born
in Hartola, Finland
March 29, 1901

Died
March 22, 1933

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Uuno Kailas, born Frans Uno Salonen (29 March 1901 – 22 March 1933) was a Finnish poet, author, and translator.

Kailas was born in Hartola. After his mother's death, the boy received a strict religious upbringing from his grandmother. He studied in Heinola and occasionally in the University of Helsinki. In 1919, he took part in the Aunus expedition, where his close friend Bruno Schildt was killed.

Kailas' criticism and translations were published in Helsingin Sanomat. 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, and he was also diagnosed with tuberculosis. He died in Nice, France in 1933, and was buried in Helsinki.
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Uni ja kuolema

3.56 avg rating — 128 ratings — published 1931
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Runoja

3.73 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1977
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Novelleja

3.56 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1936 — 3 editions
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Paljain jaloin

3.42 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1928 — 3 editions
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Tuuli ja tähkä

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Runot 1922–1931

3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2002
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Runoja

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Purjehtijat

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Nämä kaksi jalkaa eivät kuu...

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“Elämä on kaunis. Siksi laula! Kuolema on pitkä, laula siis!”
Uuno Kailas, Uni ja kuolema