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Erik Bergman
Erik Bergman
Finnish composer
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Eino Leino
Eino Leino
Finnish poet and journalist
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Lasse Pöysti
Lasse Pöysti
Finnish actor, director, screenwriter and theatre manager
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Pentti Saarikoski
Pentti Saarikoski
Finnish writer, poet and translator
4
Nils-Aslak Valkeapää
Nils-Aslak Valkeapää
Finnish Sámi writer, artist and musician (1943-2001)
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Erna Tauro
Erna Tauro
Finnish composer
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Aila Meriluoto
Aila Meriluoto
Finnish poet, author and translator
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Joonas Kokkonen
Joonas Kokkonen
Finnish composer
Bo Carpelan
Finnish writer

Bo Carpelan

Intro
Finnish writer
Awards Received
Thanks for the Book Award
Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland
Nordic Council's Literature Prize
Svenska Dagbladet Literature Prize
Samfundet De Nio's Grand Prize
Aniara Award
Swedish Academy Finland Prize
Tollander Award
Finlandia Award
Finlandia Award
Swedish Academy Nordic Prize
European Prize for Literature
Music

Baron Bo Gustaf Bertelsson Carpelan (25 October 1926 – 11 February 2011) was a Finnish poet and author. He published his first book of poems in 1946, and received his Ph.D. in 1960. Carpelan, who wrote in Swedish, composed numerous books of verse, as well as several novels and short stories.

In 1997, he won the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize, known as the 'little Nobel'. He was the first person to have received the Finlandia Prize twice (in 1993 and 2005). He won the 2006 European Prize for Literature. His poem, Winter was Hard, was set to music by composer Aulis Sallinen. He also wrote the libretto for Erik Bergman's only opera, Det sjungande trädet.

Carpelan died of cancer on 11 February 2011. He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki. He was a member of the Finnish noble family Carpelan.

Carpelan went to Svenska normallyceum i Helsingfors and then studied history of literature at University of Helsinki. He became Doctor of Philosophy in 1960.