Leif Salmén

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Leif Salmén
Leif Salmén in 2012
Born	(1952-01-19)19 January 1952 Helsinki
Died	19 November 2019(2019-11-19) (aged 67) Helsinki
Occupation	Journalist, author
Language	Swedish
Nationality	Finnish
Genres	Poetry, essays
Years active	1976–2017

Leif Henry Salmén (19 January 1952 Helsinki – 19 November 2019 Helsinki^[1]) was a Finnish author, journalist and poet.^[2]

Career

Salmén studied at Helsinki University with philosophy as his major between 1971 and 1976.^[3] He was a member of the Communist Party of Finland from the 1970s until mid-1980s. Salmén was a Taistoist.

Salmén was a TV journalist working for Yleisradio from 1976 to 1989.^[3] He was among the best-known media personalities in Finland in the 1980s because of his rapid-fire interviews and uncompromised grilling of politicians and the elite.^[2]

After that Salmén worked as a columnist, essayist and a poet. Several of his books were translated into Finnish. Among other honours, Salmén received the Eino Leino Prize in 2013.

Works

Vår korta stund tillsammans. Söderström, 1976
Att varje dag. Söderström, 1978
Begäret. Söderström, 1980
Dans och tystnad. Söderström, 1982
Finländsk bokföring: Dagbok från tredje republiken. Söderström, 1983
Ikon. Söderström, 1986
Vintermonolog: Dagbok från tredje republiken. Söderström, 1987
Duvorna på Plaza Real. Söderström, 1990
Livet i förorten. Söderström, 1992
Fjärde republiken: Oregelbundna anteckningar. Söderström, 1994
Men Marx menade motsatsen. Söderström, 1996
Promenader i Leninparken. Söderström, 2000
Palatset vid Bosporen: Essäer. Söderström, 2005
Ner från Akropolis. Söderström, 2008
Den underjordiska moskén. Schildts & Söderströms, 2013
Det orientaliska rummet. Förlaget, 2017

References

^ "Leif Salmén har avlidit". Svenska Yle. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b Salmen, Leif at Biografiskt lexikon för Finland (in Swedish).
^ ^a ^b "Leif Salmén". 375 Humanists. University of Helsinki. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2020.