Jaakko Wallenius

Jaakko J. Wallenius (January 30, 1958 – June 11, 2013) was a Finnish writer and journalist.

Biography

Jaakko Wallenius was born in Hämeenlinna in 1958.

He taught himself to read in Finnish at the age of 6, and later learned German, Swedish, and English.

In 1990, he married Marjaliisa Wallenius, and they remained together until his death. on April 14, 2013, he wrote:

Quote|I am still here thanks to chemotherapy that has given me an additional year and a half, but the therapies were terminated a week ago because their ability to fight my cancer has waned off. I am on my own now, but nobody knows how soon the end will come. However, it is quite certain that I will not see my 56th birthday in January of 2014.

Work

Jaakko Wallenius worked mainly in journalism and blogging, as well as computer repair. Jaakko Wallenius was awarded in year 2008 a grant by The Finnish Association Of Non-Fiction Writers society to write ”Jäähyväiset jumalille – tieteen haaste uskonnoille”. These essays have been translated to English and they have been published in the Being Human blog.

Political and philosophical views

Jaakko Wallenius considered himself an Epicurean Stoic Humanist as well as an atheist.