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Helvi Juvonen (5 November 1919,
Iisalmi Iisalmi (; sv, Idensalmi) is a town and municipality in the region of Northern Savonia in Finland. It is located north of Kuopio and south of Kajaani. The municipality has a population of (), which makes it the second largest of the five towns ...
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Northern Savonia North Savo (or Northern Savonia; fi, Pohjois-Savo; sv, Norra Savolax) is a region in eastern Finland. It borders the regions of South Savo, Central Finland, North Ostrobothnia, Kainuu, and North Karelia. Kuopio is the largest city in the regi ...
– 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 on poets. It is named after Eino Leino, a pioneer of Finnish poetry. Recipients *1956 Viljo Kajava *1957 Helvi Juvonen *1958 Rabbe Enc ...
in 1957. She is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.


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* 1919 births 1959 deaths People from Iisalmi Writers from North Savo Finnish women poets Finnish translators Finnish lesbian writers Finnish LGBT poets Lesbian poets Recipients of the Eino Leino Prize Deaths from kidney failure Burials at Hietaniemi Cemetery 20th-century Finnish women writers 20th-century Finnish poets 20th-century Finnish LGBT people {{Finland-writer-stub