MARKUS JÄÄSKELÄINEN
Markus Jääskeläinen is a Finnish poet, translator and literary critic. He lives in Sydney, Australia.
Markus has published six books of poetry in his native language Finnish. His latest collection, Ilmapallo (The Balloon), was published in 2011.
He has also translated poetry and prose from English into Finnish; notably two novels by Jack Kerouac (The Dharma Bums and Big Sur), a selection of poems by William Carlos Williams and lastly a selection of poetry by Walt Whitman.
Markus has published numerous articles and book reviews in various newspapers and journals and was editor of the poetry magazine Tuli & Savu (Fire & Smoke) from 1994 till 1996. He is a founding member of the poetry association Nihil Interit.
Markus was born in 1969 in Helsinki, Finland.
Bibliography (selection)
Ilmpapallo. Poems, Otava 2011.
Lentokala. Poems, Otava 2008.
Valmis. Poems, Otava 2004.
Tässä hetkessä, varoittamatta. Poems, Otava 2001.
Testamentti. Poems, Otava 1998.
Siemen. Poems, Otava, 1996
Kunnes muuta näen. Poems, Otava, 1994.
Vanhat Laulut Nimettömät Eläimet.
Anthology (with Tommi Parkko), Nihil Interit, 1994
Poems in English
Poems from Valmis (Ready), 2004
In the beginning (from Testamentti), 1998