Juhani Siljo
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Juhani Siljo | |
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.jpg) Portrait of Juhani Siljo by Pekka Halonen, 1916. | |
| Born | 3 May 1888 |
| Died | 6 May 1918 (aged 30) |
| Cause of death | Killed in action |
Juhani Siljo (3 May 1888 – 6 May 1918) was a Finnish poet and translator.
Siljo was born as Johan Alarik Sjögren in Oulu.[1] He completed the Oulun Lyseon Lukio upper secondary school in 1907,[2] and started studies in the University of Helsinki at the same year, but never graduated, instead he focused on writing.[1] He wrote poems, essays and translated authors like Novalis, Friedrich Schiller, Goethe, Friedrich Nietzsche and Charles Baudelaire.[1]
Siljo also worked as an editor in the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat and the periodical Valvoja. From 1915 to 1916 he worked as a library assistant in Jyväskylä.[1]
Siljo was on the side of the White Guards in the Finnish Civil War. He was wounded and captured by the Red Guards in a battle in Orivesi. He died in a military hospital in Tampere after the Battle of Tampere had ended in the victory of the Whites.[1]
