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Niilo Idman
1889–1977
A Finnish literary scholar, translator, and consul general, he is best remembered for serious, wide-ranging work on literature. His best-known book, Charles Robert Maturin: His Life and Works, helped bring lasting attention to the Irish Gothic writer.
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Charles Robert Maturin: His Life and Works
by Niilo Idman
About the author
Born in Tampere on October 20, 1889, he was a Finnish consul general, literary scholar, and translator. Finnish biographical sources describe him as Nils Rudolf (Niilo) Idman and note that he died in Helsinki on April 4, 1977.
His best-known work is Charles Robert Maturin: His Life and Works (1923), a substantial study of the Irish writer Charles Robert Maturin. That book has remained the work most closely associated with his name and is still cataloged and read today.
Alongside his literary work, he also had a diplomatic career, which gives his biography an unusual mix of scholarship and public service. The surviving source material available here is brief, so this overview keeps to the core details that could be confirmed.