Kaarlo Sarkia (11 May 1902 – 16 November 1945) was a Finnish poet and translator who was influenced by romantic poetry. His poems include motifs like childhood memories, love, landscapes and dreamworld, and in his last collection of poetry also his personal death and mankind's sufferings. Together with Uuno Kailas, Sarkia was the most prominent Finnish poet of the 1930s. As Kailas, his poetry also had homosexual themes.
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11 May 1902 Kiikka, Grand Duchy of Finland
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Died |
16 November 1945 (aged 43) Sysmä, Finland
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Zodiac | Taurus |
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