author
V. K. Trast
1878–1953
Remembered in Finland as a teacher, scholar, and gifted translator, he helped bring major Slavic writers to Finnish readers. His work moved between the classroom and the literary world, with a special feel for Russian and Polish literature.
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Julius Krohn runoilijana
by V. K. Trast
About the author
Born in Saint Petersburg in 1878 and later active in Finland, Viktor Kustaa Trast studied at the University of Helsinki and also spent time studying in Moscow. He worked as a language teacher and built a reputation as a translator of Slavic literature into Finnish.
Trast is especially associated with Finnish translations of major authors such as Fyodor Dostoevsky and Adam Mickiewicz. Alongside translation, he also wrote literary scholarship, including work on the Finnish writer Julius Krohn.
He died in Helsinki in 1953. Although not widely known outside specialist circles today, his translations helped open important Russian and Polish classics to Finnish readers.