Bo Carpelan

{{Short description|Finnish writer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox writer  | honorific_prefix = Baron | name = Bo Carpelan | image = Bo Carpelan.jpg | image_upright = 1.3 | caption= Bo Carpelan in August 2008 | birth_name = Bo Gustaf Bertelsson Carpelan | birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|10|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Helsinki, Finland | death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|2|11|1926|10|25|df=y}} | death_place = Espoo, Finland | nationality = Finnish | language = Swedish | alma_mater = University of Helsinki | period = 1946–2011 | notableworks = ''I de mörka rummen, i de ljusa''<br>''Urwind''<br>''Berg'' | awards = {{plainlist| *{{awards|Nordic Council Literature Prize|1977|I de mörka rummen, i de ljusa}} *{{awards|Pro Finlandia Medal|1980}}<ref name="Kirjailijat1945">{{cite book |editor-last=Rantala |editor-first=Risto |title=Suomen kirjailijat 1945–1980 |language=fi |year=1985 |publisher=Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura |location=Helsinki |isbn=951-717-348-2 |pages=67–69 |chapter=Carpelan, Bo Gustaf Bertelsson}}</ref> *{{awards|Finlandia Prize|year=1993|title=Urwind|year2=2005|title2=Berg}} }} | website = }} Baron '''Bo Gustaf Bertelsson Carpelan''' (25 October 1926 – 11 February 2011) was a Finland-Swedish poet and author.<ref name="kirjasto">{{cite web |url=http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/carpelan.htm |title=Bo Carpelan |website=Books and Writers (kirjasto.sci.fi) |first=Petri |last=Liukkonen |publisher=Kuusankoski Public Library |location=Finland |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071104165600/http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/carpelan.htm |archive-date=4 November 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://yle.fi/uutiset/kulttuuri/2011/02/bo_carpelan_on_kuollut_2356697.html YLE news, Bo Carpelan dies.]</ref> He published his first book of poems, ''Som en dunkel värme'', in 1946, and received his PhD in 1960. Carpelan, who wrote in Swedish, composed numerous books of verse, as well as several novels and short stories.<ref name="kirjasto" />

In 1997, he won the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize, known as the 'little Nobel'. He was the first person to have received the Finlandia Prize twice (in 1993 and 2005). He won the 2006 European Prize for Literature. His other awards include the Pro Finlandia Medal in 1980, the State Literature Prize in 1967, 1970, and 1972, the Nils Holgersson Plaque for children's literature in 1968, and the Nils Ferlin Prize in 1981.<ref name=":0">{{Writers in Finland 1945-1980}}</ref> His poem, ''Winter was Hard'', was set to music by composer Aulis Sallinen. He also wrote the libretto for Erik Bergman's only opera, ''Det sjungande trädet''.<ref>{{Almanacco|dmy=3 September 1995|match=Bergman|label=''Det sjungande trädet'', 3 September 1995}}</ref>

Carpelan died of cancer on 11 February 2011.<ref name="kirjasto" /> He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.helsinginseurakunnat.fi/material/attachments/hautausmaat/hietaniemi/w8GZkM0y7/Hietaniemen_merkittavia_vainajia.pdf|title=Hietaniemen hautausmaa – merkittäviä vainajia|publisher=Helsingin seurakuntayhtymä|access-date=27 August 2016}}</ref> He was a member of the Finnish noble family Carpelan. His parents were Bertel Gustaf Carpelan and Ebba Adele Lindahl. In 1954, he married Barbro Eriksson.<ref name=":0" />

Carpelan went to Svenska normallyceum i Helsingfors and then studied history of literature at University of Helsinki. He became Doctor of Philosophy in 1960, with a dissertation on the poetry of Gunnar Björling titled ''Studier i Gunnar Björlings diktning 1922–1933''.<ref name=":0" /> Alongside his writing career, Carpelan worked at the Helsinki City Library from 1946, serving as deputy director from 1964. He was also a literary critic for the newspaper Hufvudstadsbladet from 1949 to 1964 and served as a Professor of Arts from 1980 to 1985.<ref name=":0" />

==Selected bibliography== *''Som en dunkel värme'' (poetry collection, 1946)<ref name=":0" /> *''Anders på ön'' (children's book, 1959)<ref name=":0" /> *''Bågen'' (children's book, 1968)<ref name=":0" /> *''Gården'' (poetry collection, 1969)<ref name=":0" /> *''Rösterna i den sena timmen'' (novel, 1971)<ref name=":0" /> *''I de mörka rummen, i de ljusa'' (poetry collection, 1976) *''Urwind'' (novel, 1993) *''Berg'' (novel, 2005) Carpelan also translated works into Swedish from Finnish, including books by Paavo Haavikko, Antti Hyry, and Iris Uurto.<ref name=":0" />

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110524030545/http://www.finlit.fi/booksfromfinland/bff/498/carpelan.htm 1998 Interview with Bo Carpelan] *[http://375humanistia.helsinki.fi/en/humanists/bo-carpelan Bo Carpelan in 375 humanists 28.03.2015, Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki]

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