Martina Moliis-Mellberg
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Martina Moliis-Mellberg (b. 1984) is a Swedish-speaking Finnish poet and film critic, acclaimed for her sensuous, atmospheric, and stylistically distinctive poetry. Since her 2015 debut with the critically praised collection A, she has emerged as one of the most compelling voices in contemporary Nordic literature. Her subsequent works include 7 (2017), falk and pisces szn (both 2021). falk was nominated for the prestigious Runeberg Prize, affirming her as a major figure in Finland-Swedish poetry.
Moliis-Mellberg’s poetics revolve around themes of obsession, longing, metamorphosis, and the body’s entanglement with desire and dissolution. Her language is fluid and emotionally charged, often drawing on aquatic imagery—particularly the sea—as a symbol of both yearning and annihilation. The tension between boundary and transgression is a central motif in her work, where intimate experience merges with mythic and elemental forces.
In addition to her poetry, she is active as a cultural critic and editor. She co-edited the poetry anthology Bländad av död och kärlek (Blinded by Death and Love, 2021), and in 2023 she published her first children’s book, I mitt lilla huvud (In My Little Head), illustrated by Sanna Mander and also available in Finnish.
Moliis-Mellberg holds academic degrees in literature and film studies, and her cinematic sensibility permeates the texture of her verse. She lives and works in Finland, and her writing continues to resonate across linguistic and generational borders.
Poetry
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