11 Facts About Anselm Hollo

Anselm Paul Alexis Hollo was a Finnish poet and translator.

Anselm Hollo lived in the United States from 1967 until his death in January 2013.

Anselm Hollo's mother was Iris Antonina Anna Walden, a music teacher and daughter of organic chemist Paul Walden.

Anselm Hollo lived for eight years in the United Kingdom, and had three children with his first wife, poet Josephine Clare.

Anselm Hollo was a permanent resident in the United States from the late 1960s until his death.

Around this time, Anselm Hollo was beginning to make a name for himself as a poet in the English language.

Anselm Hollo translated poetry and belles-lettres from Finnish, German, Swedish, and French into English.

Anselm Hollo was one of the early translators of Allen Ginsberg into German and Finnish.

Anselm Hollo taught creative writing in eighteen different institutions of higher learning, including SUNY Buffalo, the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Anselm Hollo became ill during the summer of 2012 and had brain surgery.

Anselm Hollo died from post-operative pneumonia on 29 January 2013, at the age of 78.