Auni Elisabet Nuolivaara ( Lagus, later Hirvensalo; 22 May 1883 — 26 October 1972) was a

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writer and artist.

Personal life

Auni Hirvensalo was born to Selim Hirvensalo ( Lagus) and Lydia Dahlström. Her younger brother was the translator and dictionarist Lauri Hirvensalo (1892-1965). She was married to the

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and educator Armas Nuolivaara, PhD.

Career

Teacher

Nuolivaara qualified as a teacher in 1905, and worked at primary, secondary and

folk high school Folk high schools (also ''Adult Education Center'', Danish: ''Folkehøjskole;'' Dutch: ''Volkshogeschool;'' Finnish: ''kansanopisto'' and ''työväenopisto'' or ''kansalaisopisto;'' German: ''Volkshochschule'' and (a few) ''Heimvolkshochschule;' ...

levels as teacher of music, French and other subjects, as well as

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, on and off for the next 20 years.

Artist

She was a keen amateur artist, making several study trips around Europe, as well as learning drawing and painting at the

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in Italy, until the outbreak of World War I disrupted her travels.

Writer

Nuolivaara is most notable as a writer, best remembered for her novel ''Paimen, piika ja emäntä'' ( 'The Shepherd, Maid and Mistress'), which won the 1936 Otava book award, was translated into several languages, and made into a 1938 film by the same name. She later wrote a sequel, ''Paimen, piika ja emäntä — II''. The 1984 Japanese

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series ''

Katri, Girl of the Meadows is an anime series based on the Finnish novel '' Paimen, piika ja emäntä'' (''The Shepherd, the Servant Girl, and the Hostess'') by Auni Nuolivaara. The series was broadcast originally in Japan in 1984 as part of the children's anthology se ...

'' (牧場の少女カトリ, ''Makiba no Shōjo Katori'') is based on ''Paimen, piika ja emäntä''. Her other notable works include the novels ''Sinä olet se mies...!'' (1927), ''Isäntä ja emäntä'' (1937; the third and final part of the ''Paimen, piika ja emäntä'' trilogy), ''Kiitollisuuden yrtti'' (1940), and ''Syy oli minun'' (1952). Nuolivaara's published works comprise more than a dozen novels, a play, a radio drama and a children's book.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nuolivaara, Auni Finnish women writers 20th-century Finnish writers 1883 births 1972 deaths