Claes Andersson

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Claes Johan Rudolf Andersson (born May 30, 1937 in Helsinki ; † July 24, 2019 ) was a Finnish-Swedish writer , doctor, politician and jazz musician .

Life

Andersson studied medicine and specialized in psychiatry . He worked as a department doctor in the Tammiharju Hospital from 1962 to 1967, in the Hesperia Hospital from 1967 to 1969 and as a senior physician in the Veikkola Sanatorium from 1969 to 1973. His writing career began in 1962 with the collection of poems Ventil . In total, his oeuvre includes more than twenty collections of poetry , audio plays and plays, as well as some prose works . His work has been translated and published in seven languages. In them, Andersson exercises social criticism , names human and social inadequacies, often accentuated with medical details.

Andersson was also politically active. From 1987 to 1999 and 2007 to 2008 he sat in the Finnish Reichstag , first for the Democratic Union of the Finnish People and then for the Left Alliance , of which he was chairman from 1990 to 1998. As a candidate in the 1994 presidential election , he received 3.8 percent of the vote. From April 13, 1994 to September 4, 1998 he was Minister of Culture in the first government of Paavo Lipponen . In 2008 he left the Reichstag for health reasons.

Andersson was also a talented jazz pianist. He has released several records and lived in Espoo until his death in July 2019 .

Works

Poetry

  • Valve , 1962
  • Som om ingenting hänt , 1964
  • Staden heter Helsingfors , 1965
  • Samhället vi dör i , 1967
  • Det är inte lätt att vara villaägare i dessa tider , 1969
  • Bli, tillsammans , 1970
  • Rumskamrater , 1974
  • Jag har wants that. Dikter 1962–1974 , 1976
  • Genome sprickorna i vårt ans strict , 1977
  • Trädens sånger , 1979
  • Tillkortakommanden , 1981
  • Under , 1984
  • Something is tidy. Dikter 1962–1987 , 1987
  • Mina bästa dagar , 1987
  • Som lyser mellan gallren , 1989
  • Huden där den är som tunnast , 1991
  • Dikter från havets botten , 1993, ISBN 978-91-34-51523-9
  • En lycklig manska , 1996
  • Dessa underbara stränder, förbi glidande , 2002
  • Mörkret regnar stjärnor , 2002
  • Det är kallt, det brinner , 2004
  • Tidens framfart , 2005
  • The city is called Helsinki. Stadtlichter Presse, Berlin 2007 (2nd edition 2017), ISBN 978-3-936271-29-4 (German / Swedish)
  • Lust , 2008

prose

  • Bakom bilderna , 1972
  • The fagraste vår , 1976
  • Enomanska börjar likna sin själ , 1983
  • Mina tolv politiska år , 2000
  • Har you sett ecnen blomma? , 2006
  • Varje slag mitt hjärta slår , 2009
  • Guds Profetiska Plan , 2009, ISBN 1-4392-2568-0

Jazz CDs

  • Claes Andersson Trio: These foolish things - Jazz! , Long Play Records 2002
  • Claes Anderssons Orkester: Guldplattan , Alvia Records 2005

Prizes and awards

Web links

Commons : Claes Andersson  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Review ( Memento of October 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) The city is called Helsinki , accessed October 12, 2010
  2. ↑ Presidentvalen 1919–2000 (Swedish), accessed October 12, 2010
  3. ↑ Hallituksen tiedot yes kokoonpano. 66 Lipponen - April 13, 1995 - April 15, 1999. Valtioneuvosto / Statsrådet, accessed 24 July 2019 (Finnish, official cabinet list on the Finnish government website).
personal data
SURNAME Andersson, Claes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Andersson, Klaes; Andersson, Klas; Andersson, class
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish-Swedish writer, doctor, politician, member of the Reichstag and jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Helsinki
DATE OF DEATH July 24, 2019