Edith Sodergran
Finnish-Swedish poet who brought expressionism and free verse to Scandinavian poetry. Her five collections written in the last eight years of her short life are a remarkable achievement of modernist intensity.
Works
- DikterEarly modernist collection from Swedish-language Finnish poet
- September-lyranPoetry exploring autumn, mortality, and melancholic introspection
- RosenaltaretSpiritual and erotic poems set in rose altar imagery
- Framtidens SkuggaTitle translates to Shadow of the Future, futurist and visionary poetry
- Landet som icke arTitle translates to The Land That Is Not, utopian and visionary poems