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Olaf Homén
1879–1949
A Finnish-Swedish literary scholar who also wrote essays and criticism, he helped shape the study of literature in Finland during the early 20th century. His work moved between libraries, universities, and the wider world of books.
2 Audiobooks
I marginalen
by Olaf Homén
Herr Corpwieth, gentleman-detektiv
by Emil Hasselblatt, Olaf Homén, Henning Söderhjelm
About the author
Born in Helsinki on May 6, 1879, and later dying in Turku on October 28, 1949, Olaf Homén was a Finnish-Swedish literary historian, librarian, and professor. He is remembered especially for his work in literature and poetics, and for his role in academic life in Finland.
Homén worked as a librarian and later became professor of literature and poetics at Åbo Akademi. Sources also describe him as a professor of Swedish literary history, which fits his broader career as a scholar and critic writing in Swedish.
Alongside his academic work, he published essays and literary writing, including I marginalen. For listeners curious about writers who stood close to both scholarship and creative culture, he offers a glimpse into the Finnish-Swedish literary world of his time.