Aale Maria Tynni-Haavio (3 October 1913 – 21 October 1997) was a Finnish poet and translator. She is best known for editing and translating European poetry ranging from the Middle Ages into Finnish in a comprehensive anthology entitled Tuhat Laulujen Vuotta in 1957. She participated in the Art Competitions of the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, and won the gold medal in the Lyric Works, Literature category for "Laurel of Hellas".[1]
Aale Tynni | |
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| Born | Aale Maria Tynni 3 October 1913 |
| Died | 21 October 1997 (aged 84) |
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1948 London | Lyric |
Biography
editTynni was born in Ingria into an Ingrian Finnish family.[2] She married fellow poet Martti Haavio, her second husband, in 1960. After he died in 1973, Tynni and Katariina Eskola compiled his notes and correspondence, which were later released as a series of books.[3]
She is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.[4]
Works
edit- Kynttiläsydän, 1938
- Vesilintu, 1940
- Lähde ja matkamies, 1943
- Lehtimaja, 1946
- Soiva metsä, 1947
- Ylitse vuorten lasisten, 1949
- Tuntematon puu, 1952
- Kerttu ja Perttu ja muut talon lapset, 1953
- Kissa liukkaalla jäällä ja muita satuja, 1954
- Torni virrassa, 1954
- Vieraana vihreällä saarella, 1954
- Heikin salaisuudet, 1956
- Tuhat laulujen vuotta, 1957
- Yhdeksän kaupunkia, 1958
- Maailmanteatteri, 1961
- Muuttohaukat, 1965
- Balladeja ja romansseja, 1967
- Lasten paratiisi, 1968
- Pidä rastaan laulusta kiinni, 1969
- Tarinain lähde, 1974
- Olen vielä kaukana, 1978
- Vuodenajat, 1987
- Inkeri, Inkerini, 1990
- Rautamarskin aika, 1991 (näytelmä)
References
edit- ^ "Aale Tynni". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ Flink, Toivo [in Finnish] (2013). "Aale Tynnin inkeriläiset juuret" (PDF) (in Finnish). Suomen Inkeri-liitto ry. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ Pentik, Lauri (1 January 2005). "Haavio, Martti". Encyclopaedia of Religion. Gale via Highbeam Research. Archived from the original on 28 March 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ "Hietaniemen hautausmaa – merkittäviä vainajia" (PDF). Helsingin seurakuntayhtymä. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
External links
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- Petri Liukkonen. "Aale Tynni". Books and Writers.
- Medal winners in Literary Events at the Olympics
- Aale Tynni in 375 humanists 16.03.2015, Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki