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Jarl Hemmer

ヤルル・ヘンメル

Yaruru Henmeru

Aliases: Jarl Robert Hemmer

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1893-09-18 (Vaasa)
Died
1944-12-06 (Unknown) age 51
Nationality
Finnish
Languages
Swedish
Residence History
Vaasa

Career

Occupations
writer, poet
Active Years
1914-1944
Affiliations
Finnish Swedish Writers' Association
Nominations
Nobel Prize in Literature nominations (6 or 8 consecutive years)

Education

Unknown
Unknown
Degree: Bachelor of Philosophy
Period: 1912-1917
Year of Graduation: 1917
Country: Finland
Matriculation exam in 1912, Bachelor of Philosophy in 1917

Awards

State Literary Prize
1919
Organization: Government of Finland
Result: 受賞
State Literary Prize
1920
Organization: Government of Finland
Result: 受賞
State Literary Prize
1924
Organization: Government of Finland
Result: 受賞
Lybeck Prize
1926
Result: 受賞
State Literary Prize
1926
Organization: Government of Finland
Result: 受賞
State Literary Prize
1928
Organization: Government of Finland
Result: 受賞
State Literary Prize
1929
Organization: Government of Finland
Result: 受賞
Boisman Prize
1937
Result: 受賞
SLS Society Prize
1938
Organization: Svenska litteratursällskapet
Result: 受賞
Lybeck Prize
1935
Result: 受賞
The Great Nordic Novel Prize
1931
Work: En man och hans samvete
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Rågens rike

1922 Epic poetry

Epic poetry collection about the realm of rye.

naturerural life

En man och hans samvete (A Fool of Faith)

1931 Novel

Novel about the Finnish Civil War.

consciencecivil war

Bibliography

  • The Voices (1914)
  • Realm of the Rye (1922)
  • A Fool of Faith (1931)
  • Fantaster (1915)
  • Pelaren och andra dikter (1916)
  • Ett land i kamp (1918)
  • Förvandlingar (1918)
  • Prins Louis Ferdinand av Preussen (1919)
  • Över dunklet (1919)
  • Onni Kokko (1920)
  • De skymda ljusen (1921)
  • Viljan valtakunta (1926)
  • Väntan (1922)
  • Med ödet ombord (1924)
  • Skärseld (1925)
  • Fattiggubbens brud (1926)
  • Budskap (1928)
  • Helg (1929)
  • Lyrik i urval (1931)
  • Onni Kokko och andra berättelser (1931)
  • Morgongåvan (1934)
  • Nordan (1936)
  • Anna Ringars (1937)
  • Klockan i havet (1939)
  • Du land. Femton tidsdikter (1940)
  • Lyrik 1914–1944 (1945)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
EpicRich in natural descriptions
Recurring Motifs
rural lifeconsciencenature

Health

  • Suicide
    1944
    Death

Legacy

Important figure in Swedish-speaking Finnish literature. Nominated multiple times for Nobel Prize.

Trivia

  • Known for works on the Finnish Civil War.
  • Committed suicide in 1944.