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Leif Henry Salmén (19 January 1952 Helsinki – 19 November 2019 Helsinki[1]) was a Finnish author, journalist and poet.[2]
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Salmén studied at Helsinki University with philosophy as his major between 1971 and 1976.[3] He was a member of the Communist Party of Finland from the 1970s until mid-1980s. Salmén was a Taistoist.
Salmén was a TV journalist working for Yleisradio from 1976 to 1989.[3] He was among the best-known media personalities in Finland in the 1980s because of his rapid-fire interviews and uncompromised grilling of politicians and the elite.[2]
After that Salmén worked as a columnist, essayist and a poet. Several of his books were translated into Finnish. Among other honours, Salmén received the Eino Leino Prize in 2013.
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