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Finnish Women Writers
This is a list of women writers who were born in Finland or whose writings are closely associated with the country. A *Uma Aaltonen (1940–2009), author, journalist, politician *Umayya Abu-Hanna (born 1961), Palestinian-born novelist, journalist * Susanna Alakoski (born 1962), novelist, author of '' Svinalängorna'', filmed as ''Beyond'' * Outi Alanne (born 1967), novelist using the pen name NeitiNaru *Marianne Alopaeus (1918–2014), novelist, published in Swedish * Tuuve Aro (born 1973), novelist, short story writer, children's writer, several English translations * Isa Asp (1853–1872), poet B * Kersti Bergroth (1886–1975), novelist, poet, playwright, children's story writer, wrote in both Swedish and Finnish * Christina Regina von Birchenbaum, Finland's earliest female poet writing her autobiographical ''Een Annor Ny wijsa'' in 1651 * Anni Blomqvist (1909–1990), Swedish-language novelist, several autobiographical works C *Minna Canth (1844–1897), important figure in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Edelheim
Anna Christina Charlotta Edelheim (3 January 1845, Helsinki – 25 May 1902, Helsinki), was a Finnish journalist. She is considered to be one of the first female journalists in Finland.Suomen kansallisbiografia (National Biography of Finland) Life Anna Edelheim was born to politician Paul Henrik Edelheim and Emilia Christina af Brunér and sister of architect Frans Edvard Edelheim. Edelheim was educated at the Svenska fruntimmersskolan i Helsingfors and then in Stockholm in Sweden. She was active as a journalist for the ''Finland'' ("Finland") in 1886-1888. As such, she has traditionally been referred to as the first professional female journalist in Finland. In reality however this was not technically correct as there were earlier examples, the first of whom was Catharina Ahlgren Catharina Ahlgren (1734 – c. 1800) was a Swedish proto- feminist poet and publisher, and one of the first identifiable female journalists in Sweden. She was the publisher and chief editor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saima Harmaja
Saima Rauha Maria Harmaja (8 May 1913, Helsinki – 21 April 1937) was a Finnish poet and writer. She is known for her tragic life and early death, which are reflected in her sensitive poems. She came from a prominent family; her maternal grandfather was Arvid Genetz. She wrote four collections of poetry. At the age of 15, Harmaja contracted the lung disease tuberculosis. There were good seasons and bad seasons, and in April 1937 she died at the age of 23. She is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery The Hietaniemi cemetery ( fi, Hietaniemen hautausmaa, sv, Sandudds begravningsplats) is located mainly in the Lapinlahti quarter and partly in the Etu-Töölö district of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. It is the location for Finnish state ... in Helsinki. Saima Harmaja kept a diary, which was published posthumously. A literary club, ''Saima Harmaja Society'', was founded in her memory. Bibliography * * * * * Notes External links * * Saima Harmaja SocietyTransl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna-Leena Härkönen
Anna-Leena Härkönen (born 10 April 1965) is a Finnish writer and actress. She was born in Liminka and studied acting at the college of drama and the University of Tampere's program of drama studies, which she concluded in 1989. She won the J. H. Erkko Award in 1984 for her debut novel ''How to Kill a Bull'' ( fi, Häräntappoase). Currently Anna-Leena Härkönen lives in Helsinki and works as freelance writer; novelist and actress. A few dramatic productions, including one movie, have been adapted from Härkönen's works. ''Häräntappoase'' was made into a six-part television series and stage productions in Turku and Kotka and summer 2010 in Pyynikin kesäteatteri in Tampere Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population o .... Scriptwriter Tove Idström and director Claes Olss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Hänninen
Anne Hänninen (born 7 February 1958 in Rautalampi) is a Finnish poet, essayist An essay is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a letter, a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story. Essays have been sub-classified as formal ..., and writer. She studied literature and journalism. Hänninen has mostly written poetry. Hänninen's poetry "started by denouncing the possibility of living according to a rational order". Her work has been published in several anthologies, and has been translated into Swedish, English, Russian and Icelandic. Selected works Awards *Finland Province Writers Award, 1991 *Kalevi Jäntti Prize, 1992 *Korpi Rastas Award, 1992 *Häme Art Prize, 2000 *WSOY Award, 2005 References 1958 births Living people People from Rautalampi Finnish women poets Finnish women essayists Finnish essayists 20th-century Finnish poets 20th-century essayists 21st- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virpi Hämeen-Anttila
Virpi Hämeen-Anttila (born 15 October 1958 in Espoo) is a Finnish writer, translator, and researcher. She was the recipient of the Eino Leino Prize in 2002 along with her husband Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila, for their work in translating and promoting multicultural literature. In addition to being a best-selling novelist, she is a translator and non-fiction writer. She also teaches Sanskrit and the history of Indian art at Helsinki University. Works Hämeen-Anttila has written eleven novels, a series of four detective novels set in Helsinki in the 1920s, and a series of three youth novels (together with her daughter Maria Hämeen-Anttila). She has also translated Indian literature and poetry. Her first novel ''Suden vuosi'' (2003) was turned into a film by the same name in 2007. Awards In 2002 Hämeen-Anttila and her husband were awarded the Eino Leino Prize The Eino Leino Prize is an annual prize award to top writers in Finland since 1956, with particular emphasis on poets. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helvi Hämäläinen
Helvi Hämäläinen (16 June 1907 – 17 January 1998) was a Finnish writer who published dozens of books of prose and poetry during her six decade writing career. Biography Helvi Heleena Hämäläinen was born in Hamina, 16 June 1907. She moved to Helsinki with her parents Aaro and Iida Hämäläinen while still a pre-schooler. Hämäläinen's first published novel, ''Hyväntekijä'' (The Benefactor) appeared in 1930, but her breakthrough came five years later with her feminist depiction of the working-class, ''Katuojan vettä'' (Water in a Gutter). Hämäläinen's best-known book, ''Säädyllinen murhenäytelmä'' (A Decent Tragedy), appeared in 1941. A roman à clef, it caused a great sensation: readers were able to identify several notable cultural personalities of the day, Hämäläinen's former lover Olavi Paavolainen among them. Hämäläinen's first novel, a modernist first-person text ''Kaunis sielu'' (The Beautiful Soul) was written already in the winter of 1927–28, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helinä Häkkänen-Nyholm
Helinä Häkkänen (formerly Häkkänen-Nyholm; born 26 April 1971 in Helsinki) is a Finnish psychologist who has studied narcissism and psychopathy and wrote the first Finnish textbook on the subject, ''Psykopatia''. Working as both a criminal psychologist and an associate professor, at the University of Helsinki The University of Helsinki ( fi, Helsingin yliopisto, sv, Helsingfors universitet, abbreviated UH) is a public research university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but founded in the city of Turku (in Swedish ''Åbo'') in 1640 as the ..., Häkkänen-Nyholm studies criminal behavior and the risk factors associated with it. She is considered one of Finland's chief experts in forensic psychiatry and legal psychology and has a prolific publishing record. She started her career in legal and criminal psychology at the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) after which she ran a legal company. Since 2021, she has worked at Mindroot Ltd, her own company, which is s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucina Hagman
Lucina Hagman (5 June 1853, Kälviä – 6 September 1946) was an early Finnish feminist and among the first female MPs in the world due to the 1907 Finnish parliamentary election. Life and career Hagman was the daughter of police master Nils Johan Erik Hagman and Margareta Sofia Nordman, a police chief in rural Kälviä. She was the sister of the educator Sofia Hagman and writer Tycho Hagman. She became a teacher and Jean Sibelius might be the most famous individuals to study at her school. She became active in women's causes serving in Parliament from 1907 to 1917. Of the 200 MPs elected in 1907 just 19 were women. The successful women included Hagman, Miina Sillanpää, Anni Huotari, Hilja Pärssinen, Hedvig Gebhard, Ida Aalle, Mimmi Kanervo, Eveliina Ala-Kulju, Hilda Käkikoski, Liisi Kivioja, Sandra Lehtinen, Dagmar Neovius, Maria Raunio, Alexandra Gripenberg, Iida Vemmelpuu, Maria Laine, Jenny Nuotio and Hilma Räsänen./ Lucina Hagman also founded the Martha or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilja Haapala
Hilja Haapala, (Hilja Dagmar Janhonen) (14 January 1877 in Jyväskylä Jyväskylä () is a city and municipality in Finland in the western part of the Finnish Lakeland. It is located about 150 km north-east from Tampere, the third largest city in Finland; and about 270 km north from Helsinki, the capital of ... – 26 August 1958 in Jyväskylä) was a Finnish writer. Books under name of Hilja Janhonen * ''Ristiriitoja''. Oulu 1936 * ''Panettelu on käärme''. Oulu 1956 * ''Lapsipuolen asemassa''. Oulu 1958 Books under name of Hilja Haapala * ''Isien tähden: romaani vuosisadanvaihteen Suomesta''. Oulu 1925, 2nd ed. Marjamaa, Oulu 1949 * ''Koivulan häpäisijä: romaani vuosisadanvaihteen Suomesta''. H. W. Marjamaan Publ., Oulu 1925, 2nd 1927, 3rd ed. Marjamaa & kumpp., Oulu 1948 * ''Tummanpunainen ruusu 1''. H. W. Marjamaan Publ., Oulu 1926, 2nd ed. under title ''Tummanpunainen ruusu'', Marjamaa, Oulu 1951 * ''Tummanpunainen ruusu 2: Hallovan Inkeri-rouva''. H. W. Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaarina Goldberg
Kaarina Goldberg (born January 28, 1956) is a Finnish author and journalist who lives in Vienna. She is best known for her children's books ''Petokylän Ilona Ilves'', ''Rämäpäinen robotti'' and her comic strip ''Senni ja Safira'' in the Finnish newspaper ''Eläkeläiset''. She is also a columnist for the Finnish gastronomy magazine ''Teema Nova''. In August 2010, her ''Senni ja Safira''-comic strips were released as a book by the Finnish publishing house Karisto, representing the first comic-related publication in the company's history so far. Family life Kaarina Goldberg lives with her husband in Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ... since 1985. They have two sons (born 1984 and 1988). She is the aunt of the Finnish politicians Irina Krohn and Minerva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maikki Friberg
Maria (Maikki) Elisabeth Friberg (1861–1927) was a Finnish educator, journal editor, suffragist and peace activist. She is remembered for her involvement in the Finnish women's movement, especially as chair of the Finnish women's rights organisation Suomen Naisyhdistys and as the founder and editor of the women's journal ''Naisten Ääni'' (Women's Voice). She travelled widely, promoting understanding of Finland abroad while participating in international conferences and contributing to the foreign press. Biography Born on 5 January 1861 in Kankaanpää, Maria Elisabeth Friberg was the daughter of Karl Arvid Friberg and Fanny Adelaide Boijer. After her father's early death, her mother moved with the children to Tammerfors where she opened a guest house. Friberg attended the Swedish School for Women in Helsinki where she matriculated from the teacher training class. In 1883, Friberg obtained a teaching post in Helsinki's folk high school which she held until 1912. She studied in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
