Tyyni Maria Tuulio (née Haapanen; 28 August 1892, in Karvia – 9 June 1991, in

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), was a Finnish writer and translator. Tuulio was the daughter of vicar Jaakko Haapanen and Hilma Antoinette Rikberg. She graduated from high school in 1911, earned her

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in 1916 and her

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in 1927, both in

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and literature. She published travel writing and short stories as well as biographies of prominent Finnish women, such as Sophie Mannerheim (1948), Ottilia Stenbäck (1950),

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(1959) and

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(two volumes, 1963–1965). She also wrote memoirs in three volumes (1966–1969). In 1979, she published a collection of essays titled ''Fredrikan Suomi'' about

Fredrika Runeberg Fredrika Charlotta Runeberg (née Tengström; 2 September 1807, Jakobstad – 27 May 1879, Helsinki) was a Finnish (Finland-Swedish) novelist, journalist and the wife of Finland's national poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg. She was a pioneer of Finnish ...

and the other women who belonged to

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's social circle. Tuulio is counted among Finland's most influential twentieth-century literary translators. She translated from Swedish (the collected works of Fredrika Runeberg), English ( Charlotte Brontë,

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) and the Romance languages ( Dante Alighieri's ''La Vita Nova''). In 1957, she received an award from the Finnish Cultural Foundation, and in 1960, she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the

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. In 1985, she received the State translation prize. She married linguist

Oiva Tuulio Oiva Johannes Tuulio (17 January 1878, Pyhäjärvi – 21 June 1941, Helsinki) was a Finnish linguist specializing in the Romance languages. He bore the surname ''Tallgren'' until 1933. Tuulio was son to provost Ivar Markus Tallgren and Jenny Ma ...

in 1917. They had three sons; the eldest son was killed in the beginning of the Continuation War. Tuulio's brother was conductor Toivo Haapanen. She is buried in the

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in Helsinki.

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