Otto Manninen

Otto Manninen
Born(1872-08-13)13 August 1872
Kangasniemi, Grand Duchy of Finland
Died6 April 1950(1950-04-06) (aged 77)
Helsinki, Finland
LanguageFinnish
Alma materHelsinki University
SpouseAnni 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.

  1. ^ Raavila, Paavo (29 July 1997). Finnish Literary Reader. London: RoutledgeCurzon. p. 153. ISBN 0-7007-0844-8.