Armas Äikiä

Armas Äikiä (1904–1965) was a Finnish communist writer and journalist. He wrote the Anthem of Karelo-Finnish SSR. A citizen of two countries, who had several collection of poems published in the Soviet Union. Back in Finland, when the Communist Party was banned, he spent years in prison and wrote defiant poems.[1]

Armas Äikiä
Born	1904 Pyhäjärvi, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Died	1965 (aged 60–61)

Äikiä's funeral took place in Malmi Cemitary in Helsinki in a tight police protection only present by leaders of the party Aimo Aaltonen, Ville Pessi and president Urho Kekkonen. Äikiä's grave is a communal grave of Finnish Communist Party members.

Bibliography of works

• Vallankumousrunoja, 1928 (anthology with other writers)
• Kaksi Soturia, 1941 (published in Petroskoi, U.S.S.R.)
• Laulu Kotkasta, 1941 (published in Petroskoi)
• Tulikehässä, 1943 (published in Petroskoi)
• Iskelmiä, 1943 (published in Petroskoi)
• Kalterilyyra, 1945 (published in Petroskoi)
• Tulikantele, 1947 (published in Petroskoi)
• Henkipatto, 1948 (published in Finland by Kansankulttuuri)
• Kolmas Tie, 1948
• Vladimir Majakovski, 1950
• Lotta Hilpeläinen, 1952 (as Viljo Veijo)
• Sinisten Silmien Tähden, 1952 (as Viljo Veijo)
• Tänään ja Vuonna 1965, 1959
• Laulaja Tulvoren Juurella, 1962
• Stihotvorenija, 1963

See also

References

1. Kalemaa, Armas Äikiä.