Atos Wirtanen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Atos Wirtanen

Finnish politician

Date of Birth: 27-Jan-1906

Place of Birth: Saltvik, State Department of Åland, Finland

Date of Death: 10-Mar-1979

Profession: writer, politician, author, journalist

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Atos Wirtanen

  • Atos Kasimir Wirtanen (27 January 1906 in Saltvik – 10 March 1979) was a Finnish left-wing intellectual, journalist, member of Finnish parliament (1936–1953) and cultural critic.
  • He was born in Saltvik, Åland. Wirtanen rose to parliament from the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) list, but in 1946 he defected to the Finnish People's Democratic League (SKDL).
  • Wirtanen was also active in the Socialist Unity Party (SYP) and served as its chairman from 1948 to 1955.
  • In 1955 he led the SYP out of the SKDL.
  • Wirtanen was fired twice (1941 and 1947) from the publication Arbetarbladet and once (1953) from the magazine Ny Tid.
  • During the Continuation War, he was among the signatories of the "Petition of the Thirty-Three", which members of the peace opposition presented to President Risto Ryti. Wirtanen was a close friend of Tove Jansson and a model for the Snufkin character, whose green hat is borrowed from Wirtanen.
  • The first Moomin comic strips were published in October 1947 in Ny Tid.
  • The series had to stop earlier than planned, as readers criticized it and especially the Moominpappa character for his bourgeois sympathies.Wirtanen published two memoirs: Mot mörka makter (Against Dark Forces) and Political Memoirs.
  • He also published several collections of aphorisms and other literary works. Wirtanen married dance artist Irja Hagfors in 1954.
  • He died in 1979 in Helsinki.

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