Maila Talvio | |
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Born | 1871 Hartola |
Died | 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 (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.
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.
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Awards
- Valtion kirjallisuuspalkinto 1936
- Aleksis Kiven kirjallisuuspalkinto 1940