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Rita Dahl
Rita Dahl (born 1971) is a Finnish writer and freelance-editor. She graduated in Political Science at the University of Helsinki and also holds a BA in Comparative Literature. Her debut poetry collection, Kun luulet olevasi yksin, was published in 2004 (Loki-Kirjat), and her second book, Aforismien aika (PoEsia), came out in the spring of 2007. Her travel book about Portugal, Tuhansien Portaiden lumo - kulttuurikierroksia Portugalissa (Avain) was published a month later.
She was editor-in-chief of the poetry magazine Tuli & Savu, in 2001 and also edited a cultural magazine, Neliö (www.page.to/nelio), which had a special issue on Portugal, for whose printform Dahl was responsible.
In 2007 she is publishing a portrait about the Finnish poet Jyrki Pellinen (PoEsia). Dahl is also editing an anthology of Central-Asian (and international) women writers (Like). This anthology includes speeches that will be given in the meeting of Central-Asian women writers arranged by the Finnish PEN, as well as pieces of fiction. She is editing and translating an anthology of Contemporary Portuguese Poetry into Finnish.
Dahl is a vice-chairperson of Finnish PEN.

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