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Viljo Kojo
1891–1966
A Finnish writer, journalist, and visual artist, he brought poetry, fiction, and sharp observation together across a long creative life. His work grew out of both literary ambition and a strong eye for images, giving his writing a distinctive breadth.
4 Audiobooks
Aamutuuli: Runoja
by Viljo Kojo
Kylä ja kaupunki : Laatukuvia
by Viljo Kojo
About the author
Born in Kaukola on December 13, 1891, Viljo Johannes Kojo was a Finnish author who also worked as a journalist and visual artist. He studied art in Helsinki, including at the Central School of Applied Arts and the Finnish Art Society's drawing school, and that artistic training stayed visible throughout his career.
Kojo wrote under his own name and also used the pen name Juho Poutanen. Alongside literature, he worked in journalism and was active as a painter, illustrator, and cartoonist, making him an unusually wide-ranging cultural figure rather than a writer of just one kind. Sources about him in Finnish literary and biographical references consistently describe that mix of writing, reporting, and visual art as central to his life's work.
He died in Helsinki on April 21, 1966. Remembered as a multi-talented Finnish man of letters and art, he stands out for moving comfortably between poems, prose, newspapers, and pictures.