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Rosenaltaret

by Edith Sodergran

Spiritual and erotic poems set in rose altar imagery

About the author

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.

More by Edith Sodergran

DikterEarly modernist collection from Swedish-language Finnish poet
September-lyranPoetry exploring autumn, mortality, and melancholic introspection
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