Maila Talvio née Winter, married Mikkola (October 17, 1871, Hartola – January 6, 1951,

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), was a

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writer. Talvio was a leading Finnish writer on the

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question and several of her works were translated into

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and other languages. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times.

Life

Her parents were Adolf Magnus Winter and Julia Malvina Bonsdorf, who had a family of 9 children. Talvio's father died when Maila was 9 years old. Her husband was J. J. Mikkola, a renowned scholar of Slavic

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, whom she married in 1893. She is buried in Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.

Books

Awards

* Valtion kirjallisuuspalkinto (1936) * Aleksis Kiven kirjallisuuspalkinto (1940)

Notes

References

Facta 2001, ''Finnish''

External links

* 1871 births 1951 deaths People from Hartola, Finland People from Mikkeli Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish writers Writers from Päijät-Häme Finnish women writers Burials at Hietaniemi Cemetery Finnish temperance activists {{Finland-writer-stub