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Leif Salmén
Leif Salmén in 2012
Born	(1952-01-19)19 January 1952 Helsinki
Died	19 November 2019(2019-11-19) (aged 67) Helsinki
Occupation	Journalist, author
Language	Swedish
Nationality	Finnish
Genres	Poetry, essays
Years active	1976–2017

Leif Henry Salmén (19 January 1952 Helsinki – 19 November 2019 Helsinki^[1]) was a Finnish author, journalist and poet.^[2]

Salmén studied at Helsinki University with philosophy as his major between 1971 and 1976.^[3] 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.^[3] 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.^[2]

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.

• 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