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Uuno Kailas
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thumb|Uuno Kailas (1901-1933)
Uuno Kailas, born Frans Uno Salonen (29 March 1901 – 22 March 1933) was a Finnish poet, author, and translator.
Quotes
There are lots of words -
the words are alive
and I can see them.
Some are ugly and others are beautiful.
Mother is a very sweet word - the best word.
It tastes very much like a little kiss.
Father is a nice word too,
but sometimes thunder gathers in it
and then you'd better sneak behind the door to hide.
Uuno Kailas, Tove Skutnabb-Kangas (trans) "The words," (original title "Runoja," 1932); in: Tove Skutnabb-Kangas. Bilingualism Or Not: The Education of Minorities. 1981, p. 43
The border cracks open facing Asia and the East.
With the West and Europe behind me,
I, the guard, protect it.
Uuno Kailas, cited in: Mikael af Malmborg, Bo Stråth (2002), The Meaning of Europe, p. 157
External links
Category:Poets from Finland
Category:Translators from Finland
Category:LGBT people
Category:1901 births
Category:1933 deaths