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by Bamber Gascoigne
Finnish novelist, playwright, poet, and publisher, whose first books, Alttari (The shrine; play) and Matkan loppu
(The end of the journey; collection of short stories) appeared in 1967.
Raimo S. Wallin also wrote non-fiction for schools.
"Hyvä kirjoitus on selkeän ajatuksen ilmaisu." (from Luova kirjoitus ABCD, 1998; A good writing is the expression of a clear thought.)
After retiring from his work as a teacher, Wallin devoted himself to
music, writing, editing, and publishing poetry through his publishing
company Kustannus Sokrates. In the 1990s he presented in several
schools and libraries his programme about the poet Larin Kyösti. Since the mid-2000s, he divided his time between Helsinki and Sammatti.
Wallin remained intellectually active right up to the end of
his life. His
textbooks
of creative writing and philosophy of life were among the first in
their field in the 1970s and 1980s. Himself a nonbeliever in God, in
questions of religion and philosophy, Wallin emphasized tolerance and
broad-mindedness.
In his youth, Wallin played football in Hämeenlinna. Later he stayed in shape by playing tennis.From 1972 he was married to Terttu (Halla) Wallin, also a teacher and writer, who published Koulu on elämää (1982), Teetkös näin näin näin (1984), and Hymyile plaani (1998). Wallin's father, Ernst Viktor Wallin, was construction manager, and mother Irja Inkeri Kuusisto.
- Smiling
I want to meet you - not only with my lips
- but with my soul
- without resistance
- lightly and deeply
- together at the same time
- my thoughts
- gently carrying
- images in dreams
- purposefully to a destination
- unknown for me
(from Kaikki tiet vievät Roomaan, 1997)
Selected works:
- 100 vuotta kansakoulutoimintaa Vanajassa, 1965 (with Uolevi Nurminen) [non-fiction]
- Alttari, 1967 [play]
- Matkan loppu 1967 [short stories]
- Persialaisella matolla, 1972 [poems]
- Saul ja Daavid, 1972 [play]
- Luova kirjoitus, 1973 [non-fiction]
- Kansanruno-Kalevala, 1976 (with Merja Totro, Terttu Wallin; see also: Matti Kuusi) [non-fiction]
- Luova kirjoitus 5, 1982 [non-fiction]
- Minä, muut, maailma, 1982 (oppikirja luokille 3-4) [non-fiction]
- Minä, muut, maailma, 1983 (oppikirja luokille 5-6) [non-fiction]
- Vapaat kahleet, 1986 [poems]
- Ruusu käytävässä, 1992 [plays]
- Kaikki tiet käyvät Roomaan, 1997 [52 introductions to poetry]
- Luova kirjoitus ABCD, 1998 [non-fiction]
