Arto Melleri Biography | Poet

Arto Matti Vihtori Melleri (7 September 1956, Lappajärvi – 13 May 2005, Helsinki ) was a Finnish poet and writer. Melleri gained fame with the play, Pete Q, in the 1970s. He studied at the Theatre Academy of Helsinki 1976 - 1980. He was granted an artist's Finnish state pension in 2003.