Annikki Paasikivi (1898–1950) was a Finnish architect. She was the daughter of Juho Kusti Paasikivi (the seventh

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) and his wife Anna Matilda Forsman. Annikki was the oldest of their four children. A scholarship fund at Aalto University is named for her. For a time she did a "woman's hour" on Finnish radio. Her two brothers died in

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from injuries they had received.

In literature

Bengali writer

Syed Mujtaba Ali Syed Mujtaba Ali ( bn, সৈয়দ মুজতবা আলী; 13 September 1904 – 11 February 1974) was a Bengali writer, journalist, travel enthusiast, academic, scholar and linguist. He lived in Bangladesh, India, Germany, Afghanistan ...

mentions a chapter about her in his book ''Panchatantra'' that she knew many languages and was eloquent.

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