Tuula Kallioniemi (born 22 March 1951 in
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) is an author of
Finnish
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children's literature
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.
She was awarded the
Topelius Prize in 1979, the State's Prize for Literature in 1985 and the
Anni Swan Medal in 1994.
She wrote the ''Reuhurinteen ala-aste'' series, the first book of which was published in 1997. The books are about lives of the pupils and teacher Aapeli Käki in a fictional elementary school in Finland. Her other works include ''Lätkässä'' (1990), ''Rääväsuu rakastuu'' (1991) and ''Ihmemies Topi'' (1998).
References
1951 births
Living people
People from Kotka
Writers from Kymenlaakso
Finnish women novelists
Finnish children's writers
Finnish women children's writers
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