Maire Mirjam Polkunen (2 March 1926 – 22 June 2012) was a

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writer, literature researcher, translator and dramatist. Among other awards, she won 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 1969. Her Finnish rendering of ''

Zeno's Conscience ''Zeno's Conscience'' ( it, La coscienza di Zeno ) is a novel by Italian writer Italo Svevo. The main character is Zeno Cosini, and the book is the fictional character's memoirs that he keeps because his psychiatrist recommended to do so in ord ...

'' was awarded with the Mikael Agricola Prize in 1972.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Polkunen, Mirjam Finnish writers Recipients of the Eino Leino Prize 1926 births 2012 deaths People from Jyväskylä