Meri Marjatta Utrio (née Vitikainen; 23 March 1919 – 14 December 2004)
was a Finnish editor and translator to
Finnish. She was married with
Urho Untamo Utrio, who was the chief executive officer of the publishing company
Tammi and has three children with him: Kaari (1942–) Pirkka (1943–2000) and Martti (1945–). The first above,
Kaari Utrio
Kaari Marjatta Utrio (born 28 July 1942, official surname Utrio-Linnilä, formerly Virkajärvi) is a Finnish writer. She has written over 35 historical novels and 13 non-fiction books on historical topics. She is a historian, holding the degree ...
has written over forty historical novels as well as often non-fictional books which deal with position of women and children in the history of Europe.
Meri Utrio's sister, Pirkko Vitikainen, M.A. in Architecture, worked in the 1980s and 1900s as the City Planning Architect of Helsinki, the capital of Finland.
Works
* Jack O'Brien: Silver Chief, Dog of the North (translation to Finnish 1957)
* Jack O'Brien: Silver Chief to the Rescue (translation to Finnish 1957)
* Jack O'Brien: The Return of Silver Chief (translation to Finnish 1958)
* Sata vuotta sitten 1886 (Finnish: ''One hundred years ago: 1886'') (with her son-in-law
Kai Linnilä; Tammi 1886)
* Pois pula, pois puute. Kun kansa selviytyi. (''No more shortages, no more want. When Finland became self-sufficient'') (with
Urho Untamo Utrio)
* Silloin kerran kultaisina vuosina – elämä Suomessa vuosina 1944–1956 (''The Golden Years – Life in Finland 1944–1956'') (with
Kai Linnilä and
Kaari Utrio
Kaari Marjatta Utrio (born 28 July 1942, official surname Utrio-Linnilä, formerly Virkajärvi) is a Finnish writer. She has written over 35 historical novels and 13 non-fiction books on historical topics. She is a historian, holding the degree ...
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References
Finnish translators
1919 births
2004 deaths
20th-century translators
Finnish women journalists
20th-century Finnish journalists
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