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Otto Manninen | |
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Born | Kangasniemi, Grand Duchy of Finland | 13 August 1872
Died | 6 April 1950 Helsinki, Finland | (aged 77)
Language | Finnish |
Alma mater | Helsinki University |
Spouse | Anni Swan (1907–) |
Otto Manninen (13 August 1872, Kangasniemi – 6 April 1950, Helsinki) was a Finnish writer, poet, and a celebrated translator of world classics into Finnish language.[1] Along with Eino Leino in the early 20th century, he is considered as a pioneer of Finnish poetry. Manninen translated the works of Homer, Sophocles, Euripides, Heine, Ibsen, Petőfi and Runeberg into Finnish.