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Ilmari Kianto

Ilmari Kianto (7 May 1874 Pulkkila, Northern Ostrobothnia - 27 April 1970 Helsinki), also known as Ilmari Calamnius and Ilmari Iki-Kianto, was a Finnish author.

Jean Sibelius used Kianto's poem 'Lastu lainehilla' (Driftwood) as the lyric for the beautiful last of his Seven Songs, Op.17 (1902).



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