author
Eero Alpi
1885–1933
A prolific Finnish playwright and journalist, he moved easily between newspapers, poetry, and the stage. Best known for the 1917 play Hallin Janne, he also founded his own theater troupe to perform only his work.
2 Audiobooks
Näkymättömät tulet : Kolminäytöksinen näytelmä
by Eero Alpi
Väkevämmän tiellä : 3-näytöksinen näytelmä
by Eero Alpi
About the author
Born in Hämeenkyrö in 1885, this Finnish writer worked as a journalist for Helsingin Sanomat from 1905 to 1910 and later on the literary staff of the publisher Karisto until 1914. He studied aesthetics, traveled to Sweden, and wrote under several pen names, including E.A., Sakari Liekki, S. Salamaa, and Sakari Veikanmaa.
He began publishing poetry early, but drama became his main field. Over the course of his career he wrote around thirty plays, contributed feuilletons and articles on literature and theater, and founded the magazines Näyttämötaide and Suojeluskuntalainen lehti. In 1917 he created the Tekijän teatteri troupe, which staged only his own plays.
His best-known work is Hallin Janne, first performed in 1917. He also founded Kansan Teatteri in Tampere in 1918, led touring theater companies in the years that followed, and spent his last decade in Helsinki writing for newspapers and weekly magazines while continuing to produce plays, especially for amateur stages. He died in Helsinki in 1933 after a long illness.