Leif Salmén

Leif Henry Salmén (19 January 1952 Helsinki – 19 November 2019 Helsinki ) was a Finnish author, journalist and poet.

Career
Salmén studied at Helsinki University with philosophy as his major between 1971 and 1976. 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. 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.

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.

Works

 * Vår korta stund tillsammans. Söderström, 1976
 * Att varje dag. Söderström, 1978
 * Begäret. Söderström, 1980
 * Dans och tystnad. Söderström, 1982
 * Finländsk bokföring: Dagbok från tredje republiken. Söderström, 1983
 * Ikon. Söderström, 1986
 * Vintermonolog: Dagbok från tredje republiken. Söderström, 1987
 * Duvorna på Plaza Real. Söderström, 1990
 * Livet i förorten. Söderström, 1992
 * Fjärde republiken: Oregelbundna anteckningar. Söderström, 1994
 * Men Marx menade motsatsen. Söderström, 1996
 * Promenader i Leninparken. Söderström, 2000
 * Palatset vid Bosporen: Essäer. Söderström, 2005
 * Ner från Akropolis. Söderström, 2008
 * Den underjordiska moskén. Schildts & Söderströms, 2013
 * Det orientaliska rummet. Förlaget, 2017