Tommy Tabermann

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Tommy Tabermann

Tommy Tabermann (born December 3, 1947 in Ekenäs , † July 2, 2010 in Helsinki ) was a Finnish-Swedish writer , poet , musician and politician .

biography

After attending school, he studied journalism at the University of Tampere and then worked from 1969 to 1979 as an editor at the public broadcaster Yleisradio . After working as a journalist for daily newspapers and radio stations, he was a scriptwriter for the television station YLE TV2 and wrote around 300 scripts for its program between the beginning of 1998 and the end of 2006 .

He began his writing career in 1970 with Ruusuja Rosa Luxemburgille , his poetry debut . In the period that followed, a new book was mostly published annually by him, in particular anthologies on the subject of love and eroticism , as well as music albums of his works. Between 1998 and 2007 he became known to a nationwide audience as the team boss in the game show Uutisvuoto , which is broadcast on the television station Yleisradio TV 1.

In 2007 he was elected as a candidate for the Social Democratic Party of Finland ( Suomen sosialidemokraattinen puolue ) as a member of the Finnish Parliament ( Eduskunta ).

In the fall of 2009 he was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor from which he ultimately died.

The publication of his last volume of poetry, Amen, and his autobiography are planned for autumn 2010 .

His other major publications include:

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personal data
SURNAME Tabermann, Tommy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish politician, member of the Reichstag, author and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH December 3, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Ekenäs
DATE OF DEATH July 2, 2010
Place of death Helsinki