Benedict Zilliacus

Emil Benedict Zilliacus was a Swedish-speaking Finnish journalist, author, scriptwriter and translator.
Zilliacus was born in Helsinki, Finland. He graduated from Svenska normallyceum i Helsingfors in 1939 and studied at the University of Helsinki from 1945 to 1948. From 1948 to 1982, he worked as a journalist and columnist for the newspaper Hufvudstadsbladet.
In the 1950s and 1960s, he wrote a revue for the Swedish theater Lilla Teatern in Helsinki every other year, or sometimes more often; the show became very popular. In addition to revues, he also wrote plays and musicals, and his books dealt with subjects including industrial arts, Helsinki, and the archipelago.
He was a board member of the Finland's Swedish Dramatists' Association from 1965 to 1969. He wrote screenplays for many movies, including Etulinjan edessä, which he wrote together with Stefan Forss, and Tali-Ihantala, which he wrote with Stefan Forss and.

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