married three times and had two daughters. He died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, aged 94. Literary works The Kalevala: Epic of the Finnish People (1989). References Other sources The Kalevala: Epic of the Finnish People – Inside front page. "Epic Task Ties Poet to Finnish Roots," Boston Globe, May 7, 1988, Metro Section, page 2 (link requires subscription or fee) External links Finlandia Foundation New York Metropolitan Chapter 1901 births 1995 deaths People from Merikarvia Finnish Swedenborgians American Swedenborgians Finnish emigrants to the United States (1809–1917) Finnish translators American translators American blind people Boston University alumni University of Illinois College of Liberal Arts and Sciences alumni United Steelworkers people Finnish–English translators 20th-century translators Harvard University alumni