Aale Maria Tynni-Haavio (3 October 1913 – 21 October 1997) was a

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

and

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. She is best known for editing and translating European poetry ranging from the

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into Finnish in a comprehensive anthology of entitled '' Tuhat Laulujen Vuotta'' in (1957). She participated in the Art Competitions of the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, and won the Gold Medal in the Lyric Works, Literature category for "Laurel of Hellas".

Biography

Tynni was born in

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into an Ingrian Finnish family. She married fellow poet

Martti Haavio Martti Henrikki Haavio (22 January 1899 – 4 February 1973) was a Finnish poet, folklorist and mythologist, writing poetry under the pen name P. Mustapää. He was born on 22 January 1899 in Temmes, and died 4 February 1973 in Helsinki. He w ...

, her second husband, in 1960. After he died in 1973, Tynni and Katariina Eskola compiled his notes and correspondence, which were later released as a series of books. 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.

Works

* '' Kynttiläsydän'', 1938 * ''Vesilintu'', 1940 * ''Lähde ja matkamies'', 1943 * '' Lehtimaja'', 1946 * '' Soiva metsä'', 1947 * ''Ylitse vuorten lasisten'', 1949 * ''Tuntematon puu'', 1952 * ''Kerttu ja Perttu ja muut talon lapset'', 1953 * ''Kissa liukkaalla jäällä ja muita satuja'', 1954 * ''Torni virrassa'', 1954 * ''Vieraana vihreällä saarella'', 1954 * ''Heikin salaisuudet'', 1956 * '' Tuhat laulujen vuotta'', 1957 * ''Yhdeksän kaupunkia'', 1958 * ''Maailmanteatteri'', 1961 * ''Muuttohaukat'', 1965 * ''Balladeja ja romansseja'', 1967 * ''Lasten paratiisi'', 1968 * ''Pidä rastaan laulusta kiinni'', 1969 * '' Tarinain lähde'', 1974 * ''Olen vielä kaukana'', 1978 * ''Vuodenajat'', 1987 * ''Inkeri, Inkerini'', 1990 * ''Rautamarskin aika'', 1991 (näytelmä)

References

External links

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Medal winners in Literary Events at the Olympics

Aale Tynni in 375 humanists 16.03.2015, Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki
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