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Edith Sodergran

SwedishApril 4, 1892 – June 24, 1923Poetry

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→

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