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K. A. Puhdaskoski
A self-taught Finnish writer who published under the names K. A. Puhdaskoski and Santeri Puhdaskoski, he wrote prose, plays, and poems during a remarkably short life. His surviving work offers a glimpse of an early 20th-century voice that was cut off far too soon.
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Särjetty sydän : Kaksinäytöksinen näytelmä
by K. A. Puhdaskoski
About the author
Born in Tampere on October 27, 1890, Kaarlo (Kalle) Aleksanteri Puhdaskoski was a Finnish writer whose family name was Renfors until 1906. He also wrote as Santeri Puhdaskoski and used the pen name Santeri.
According to the Finnish Wikipedia entry and Finnish library authority records found during research, he attended elementary school and then continued through self-study. He wrote prose, plays, and poetry, and some of his poems appeared in magazines during his lifetime.
Puhdaskoski died on April 9, 1910, at just 19 years old. Project Gutenberg currently lists Särjetty sydän among his works, and Finnish library records show that his writing has continued to be cataloged and preserved.