Otto Manninen
Finnish writer
Died when: 77 years 236 days (931 months)Star Sign: Leo
Otto Manninen (13 August 1872, Kangasniemi – 6 April 1950, Helsinki) was a Finnish writer, poet, and a celebrated translator of world classics into Finnish language.
Along with Eino Leino in the early 20th century, he is considered as a pioneer of Finnish poetry.Manninen translated the works of Homer, Sophocles, Euripides, Heine, Ibsen, Petőfi and Runeberg into Finnish.
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