Pentti Holappa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pentti Holappa

Finnish writer

Date of Birth: 11-Aug-1927

Place of Birth: Ylikiiminki, Northern Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland

Date of Death: 10-Oct-2017

Profession: writer, poet, politician, translator, journalist, linguist

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Pentti Vihtori Holappa (11 August 1927 – 10 October 2017) was a Finnish poet, writer and politician.
Born in Ylikiiminki to a relatively poor family of modest means, he held numerous jobs before becoming a political journalist and eventually obtaining a government post.
He was self-educated, but produced around fifteen volumes of poetry, as well as several novels and essays.
He also worked as a translator; among the poets and authors whose work he translated into Finnish are Charles Baudelaire, Pierre Reverdy, and J.
M.
G.
Le Clézio.
He received the Finlandia Prize in 1998 for his novel Ystävän muotokuva: Portrait of a Friend. Between February and October 1972, Holappa was Minister of Culture and Education in the Paasio II Cabinet representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland.