![]() ![]() Pentti's mother, was the daughter of a baker her family came from Saarikoski, was a journalist and civil servant. Pentti Saarikoski was born in Impilahti into a family composed ofĬivil servants, politicians, and small entrepreneurs. The position he'd like to be dead in, grey skies pass over,Īnd earth comes into the mouth like bread. Insights, following free flow of thoughts. He often used images fromĪntiquity and contrasted everyday observations with philosophical Wrote in simple, straight-forward language. Saarikoski emerged into poetry somewhat like a enfant terrible,Ī combination of Dylan Thomas, Zorba the Greek, and Che Guevara. Poet and a brilliant translator, the central figure in Finnish ![]() Pentti Saarikoski (1937-1983) - wrote also humorous columns under the name 'Nenä' (the nose) see Gogol All pages are unmodified as they originally appeared some links and images may no longer function. The original website was published by Petri Liukkonen under Creative Commons BY-ND-NC 1.0 Finland and reproduced here under those terms for non-commercial use. ![]() A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ![]()
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