Pentti Saarikoski was one of the most important poets in the literary scene of Finland during the 1960s and 1970s.
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11 Facts About Pentti Saarikoski
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Pentti Saarikoski is buried in Heinavesi in the cemetery of the New Valamo monastery.
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Pentti Saarikoski learned to write and read Swedish in Norrkoping in 1944.
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Pentti Saarikoski began to obscure his poems intentionally and titled one of his collections Hamaran Tanssit, which is a reference to Heraclitus.
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Pentti Saarikoski's columns satirized the church, the army, politics and, all in all, conservatism.
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Pentti Saarikoski served as the editor-in-chief of a Communist Party affiliated cultural magazine, Aikalainen, between 1963 and 1967.
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Pentti Saarikoski stood as a candidate for the Finnish People's Democratic League in the parliamentary elections of 1966 and 1970, but was not elected.
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Pentti Saarikoski was a well-known celebrity in Finland due to his controversial personal life.
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Pentti Saarikoski was an enthusiastic communist, was married four times and consumed alcohol heavily.
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Pentti Saarikoski himself said: "I make my life fiction so that it would be true".
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