Bo Carpelan is a Finnish poet. Born in 1926 to a bank clerk, he had an unhappy childhood spending time in internment camps operated by the Soviet Union during World War II. He used these traumatic experiences as the basis for much of his poetry. He published his first book of poems in 1946, and received his Ph.D. in 1960. He writes in Swedish (a tradition of literate Finns similar to French people of the 1800's writing in Latin.) His work is not widely available in English, however, one anthology, "Rooms Without Walls" is available from defunct book sellers. A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... A concentration camp is a large detention centre created for political opponents, aliens, specific ethnic or religious groups, civilians of a critical war-zone, or other groups of people, often during a war. ... Combatants Allies: Soviet Union United States United Kingdom France and others Axis Powers: Germany Japan Italy and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II, also known as the... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ...

In Swedish, he has written 14 books of verse, several novels and short stories. He was awarded an award in 1980. His poem, Winter was Hard was set to music by composer Aulis Sallinen. Aulis Sallinen (1935–) is a Finnish contemporary classical music composer. ...