Otto Manninen
Otto Manninen | |
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| Born | 13 August 1872 Kangasniemi, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire |
| Died | 6 April 1950 (aged 77) Helsinki, Finland |
| Language | Finnish |
| Alma mater | Helsinki University |
| Spouse | Anni Swan (m. 1907) |
Otto Manninen (13 August 1872 – 6 April 1950) was a Finnish writer, poet, and a celebrated translator of world classics into Finnish language. Along with Eino Leino in the early 20th century, he is considered as a pioneer of Finnish poetry. Manninen translated the works of Homer, Sophocles, Euripides, Heine, Ibsen, Petőfi and Runeberg into Finnish.