What is Pentti Holappa?
[[File:Pentti-Holappa.jpg|thumb|right|Pentti Holappa in the late 1950s]] '''Pentti Vihtori Holappa''' (11 August [[1927]] – 10 October 2017) was a [[Finnish people|Finnish]] poet, writer and [[politician]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9878729 |title=Finlandia-palkittu kirjailija Pentti Holappa on kuollut |date=12 October 2017 |website=Yle Uutiset |language=fi |access-date=2017-10-12}}</ref> He was born in [[Ylikiiminki]]. Holappa held many jobs before becoming a political [[journalist]] and eventually obtaining a government post.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://neba.finlit.fi/booksfromfinland/bff/298/kiiskinen.htm|title=Gardens of Life and Death|author=Jyrki Kiiskinen|website=Books from Finland|date=Feb 1992|access-date=12 October 2017}}</ref> He was [[Autodidacticism|self-educated]], but produced around fifteen volumes of [[poetry]], as well as several [[novel]]s and [[essay]]s. He also worked as a translator; among the poets and authors whose work he translated into [[Finnish language|Finnish]] are [[Charles Baudelaire]], [[Pierre Reverdy]], and [[J. M. G. Le Clézio]]. He received the [[Finlandia Prize]] in 1998 for his novel ''Ystävän muotokuva: Portrait of a Friend''. Between February and October 1972, Holappa was Minister of Culture and Education in Finland's Ministry of Education, representing the [[Social Democratic Party of Finland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/government/history/governments-and-ministers/report/-/r/m2/238|title=Details of minister - Holappa, Pentti Vihtori|website=Finnish Government|access-date=12 October 2017|archive-date=12 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012201904/http://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/government/history/governments-and-ministers/report/-/r/m2/238|url-status=dead}}</ref> Holappa died in [[Helsinki]], Finland, on 10 October 2017 of [[respiratory failure|breathing problems]] at the age of 90. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Holappa, Pentti}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Finnis