The Eino Leino Prize is an annual prize award to top writers in Finland since 1956, with particular emphasis on poets.
It is named after Eino Leino, a pioneer of Finnish poetry.
Helvi Juvonen
Helvi Juvonen (5 November 1919, Iisalmi, Northern Savonia – 1 October 1959) was a Finnish poet and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize
The Eino Leino Prize is an annual prize award to top writers in Finland since 1956, with particular emphasis ...
Aapeli
Simo Tapio Puupponen (23 October 1915 – 11 October 1967), better known by the pen name Aapeli, was a Finnish writer and novelist.
Aapeli was born in Kuopio, and became a journalist for the ''Pohjois-Savo'' and ''Savon Sanomat'' newspapers. ...
(Simo Puupponen)
*1960
Olavi Paavolainen
Olavi Paavolainen (17 September 1903 – 19 July 1964) was a Finnish writer, essayist and poet. He was one of the prominent figures of the literary group Tulenkantajat (″The Flame Bearers″), and one of the most influential Finnish writers of ...
Pertti Nieminen
Pertti Ilmari Nieminen (9 December 1936 – 8 November 2016) was a Finnish professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. Born in Hämeenlinna, Finland, he played for HPK and TPS
TPS or Tps may refer to:
In arts and entertainm ...
Arvo Salo
Arvo Jaakko Henrikki Salo (2 May 1932 – 9 July 2011) was a Finnish writer, journalist and politician. He served as an MP from 1966 to 1970 and from 1979 to 1983 (Social Democratic Party) and was Minister of Education and Culture from 1982 to 19 ...
*1965
Hagar Olsson
Alli Hagar Olsson (16 September 1893 – 21 February 1978) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish writer, literary critic, playwright and translator.
Olsson was born in Kustavi. In 1922 she edited an avant-garde literary magazine, ''Ultra''. She als ...
*1966
Einari Vuorela
Einari Arvid Vuorela (17 August 1889, in Keuruu – 10 July 1972, in Helsinki) was a Finnish writer. He was born in the village Jukojärvi in a family of 10 children, and started his studies at Multia. He became a teacher in Jyväskylä in 1914. ...
*1967
Marja-Leena Mikkola
Marja-Leena Mikkola (born 18 March 1939 in Salo, Finland) is a Finnish writer and recipient of 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.
It i ...
*1968
Kerttu Kauniskangas
Kerttu Kauniskangas (19 March 1920, Oulu
Oulu ( , ; sv, Uleåborg ) is a city, municipality and a seaside resort of about 210,000 inhabitants in the region of North Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is the most populous city in northern Finland and t ...
*1969
Mirjam Polkunen
Maire Mirjam Polkunen (2 March 1926 – 22 June 2012) was a Finnish writer, literature researcher, translator and dramatist. Among other awards, she won the Eino Leino Prize in 1969. Her Finnish rendering of ''Zeno's Conscience
''Zeno's Consci ...
Vilhelm Helander
Arne Anders Vilhem Helander (born 8 February 1941 in Helsinki), is a Finnish architect and was Professor of Architecture History at Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland from 1986 until 2005, when he became professor emeritus.
Helander ...
Kaisa Korhonen
Kaisa Korhonen (born 20 July 1941) is a Finnish singer, actor, theatre director and writer. She was a central figure in the Finnish leftist music scene of the 60s and 70s, appearing both as a solo artist, and with KOM-teatteri. After her singing c ...
*1975
Henrik Tikkanen
Georg Henrik Tikkanen (9 September 1924, Helsinki – 19 May 1984, Espoo) was a Finland-Swedish author, known primarily for anti-war literature. Several of his works are either autobiographical or semi-autobiographical. Though Finnish, he publi ...
Nils-Börje Stormbom
Nils-Börje Stormbom (26 September 1925 in Vaasa – 26 November 2016 Vaasa) was a Finnish writer and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize
The Eino Leino Prize is an annual prize award to top writers in Finland since 1956, with particular emphasis o ...
*1978
Jukka Vieno
Jukka Sakari Vieno (born 4 April 1957 in Ilmajoki, Finland) is a Finnish writer and recipient of 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.
It is ...
*1979
Mirkka Rekola
Mirkka Elina Rekola (26 June 1931 – 5 February 2014) was a Finnish writer from Tampere who published poems, aphorisms, essays. Her poetry was considered ‘difficult’, thus she gained wide audience as late as in the 1990s. Rekola's production ...
Hannu Mäkelä Hannu Mäkelä is the name of
* Hannu Mäkelä (writer)
Hannu Mäkelä (born 18 August 1943 in Helsinki, Finland) is an author of more than 100 books in Finnish
Finnish may refer to:
* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Cult ...
Ilpo Tiihonen
Ilpo Tiihonen (1 September 1950 – 8 June 2021) was a Finnish writer and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize in 1991.Jaan Kaplinski
*1993
Jyrki Kiiskinen
Jyrki Kiiskinen (born 1963) is a Finnish poet and recipient of 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.
It is named after Eino Leino, a pioneer of ...
Risto Ahti
Risto Ahti (born 27 August 1943 in Lahti) is a Finnish writer and recipient of 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.
It is named after Eino L ...
Risto Rasa
Risto Olavi Rasa (born 29 April 1954 in Helsinki) is a Finnish poet. He writes short nature poems. He is a librarian in Somero.
Poem books
*Metsän seinä on vain vihreä ovi ("The wall of the forest is only a green door") (1971)
*Kulkurivar ...
Kai Nieminen
Kai Tapani Nieminen (born 11 May 1950 in Helsinki) is a Finnish writer and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize in 1999. He is also a renowned translator of Japanese literature
Japanese literature throughout most of its history has been influenced ...
*2000
Sirkka Turkka
Sirkka Turkka (2 February 1939 – 23 October 2021) was a Finnish poet and recipient of the Finlandia Prize in 1987 and the Eino Leino Prize in 2000.
Works
*''Huone avaruudessa'' (1973)
*''Valaan vatsassa'' (1975)
*''Minä se olen'' (1976)
*' ...
*2001
Markku Into
Markku Into was a Finnish poet and one of the main members in Finnish 1960s underground movement of Turku. Markku Into has written collections of poetry, prose and plays. He has also translated into Finnish such American Beat generation writers as ...
Antti Hyry
Antti Kalevi Hyry (20 October 1931 in Kuivaniemi – 4 June 2016 in Espoo) was a Finnish writer and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize
The Eino Leino Prize is an annual prize award to top writers in Finland since 1956, with particular emphasis o ...
Eira Stenberg
Eira Margot Helene Stenberg (born April 8, 1943, in Tampere) is a Finnish playwright and writer and the recipient of the J. H. Erkko Award in 1966 for her debut collection of poetry ''Kapina huoneessa'', and the Eino Leino Prize
The Eino Leino ...
*2008
*2009
Hannele Huovi
Päivi Marja Hannele Huovi, married name Eskola (b. 19 March 1949), is a Finnish writer and recipient of 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. ...
Leif Salmén
Leif Henry Salmén (19 January 1952 Helsinki – 19 November 2019 Helsinki) was a Finnish author, journalist and poet.
Career
Salmén studied at Helsinki University with philosophy as his major between 1971 and 1976. He was a member of the Comm ...
*2014
*2015
Leevi Lehto
Leevi Lehto (23 February 1951 – 22 June 2019) was a Finnish poet, translator, and programmer.
Biography
After making his poetic debut in 1967, he published six volumes of poetry, a novel, ''Janajevin unet'' (Yanayev's Dreams, 1991), and an ...
Kirsi Kunnas
Kirsi Marjatta Kunnas (14 December 1924 – 8 November 2021) was a Finnish poet, children's literature author and translator into Finnish. Her oeuvre consists of poems, fairy tale books, drama, translations (e.g. Lewis Carroll, Federico Garcí ...