Maila Talvio
| Maila Talvio | |
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| Born |
Maila Winter October 17, 1871 Hartola |
| Died |
January 6, 1951 Helsinki |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Finnish |
| Nationality | Finland |
| Genre | Novel, collection of short stories, drama, collection of speeches and biography |
| Partner | J. J. Mikkola |
Maila Talvio née Winter, married Mikkola (October 17, 1871, Hartola – January 6, 1951, Helsinki), was a Finnish writer. Talvio was a leading Finnish writer on the temperance question and several of her works were translated into Swedish and other languages. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times.[1]
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 professor J. J. Mikkola, a renowned scholar of Slavic linguistics, whom she married in 1893. She is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.[2]
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Awards
- Valtion kirjallisuuspalkinto (1936)
- Aleksis Kiven kirjallisuuspalkinto (1940)
Notes
- ↑ "Nomination Database". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
- ↑ "Hietaniemen hautausmaa – merkittäviä vainajia" (PDF). Helsingin seurakuntayhtymä. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
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