Pentti Saarikoski

Finnish writer, poet and translator.

Born September 2nd, 1937 in Impilahti. [ref]

Died August 24th, 1983 at 45 years old in Joensuu. [ref]

Occupations
linguist, lyricist, poet, politician, screenwriter, translator, writer
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Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz