Tito Colliander
Finnish author (1904–1989)
Tito Fritiof Colliander (10 February 1904 – 21 May 1989) was a Finnish Eastern Orthodox Christian writer.
Biography
Colliander was born in St. Petersburg, the son of Colonel Sigfried Joakim Colliander and his wife Dagmar Ilmatar Constance, née von Schoultz. Colliander received an artistic education at the Finnish Art Society's drawing school from 1921 to 1923, and worked as a drawing teacher at the Swedish Girls' School in Porvoo from 1923 to 1928. His wife, Ina Behrsen, whom he married in 1930, was also an artist, and his son Sergius became an Orthodox priest.
Beginning in the 1930s, Colliander published a number of novels and short stories that made him famous. His books were written under the strong influence of Dostoyevsky's frequent themes of guilt and searching for faith in the modern world. His novels Crusade (Korståget), Mercy (Förbarma dig) and others were translated into foreign languages. Colliander was one of the contributors of Garm, a Swedish language satirical magazine based in Helsinki.
Colliander and his wife Ina converted to Orthodoxy, and the writer attended the Orthodox seminary from 1949 to 1953.
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