Katri ValaKatri Vala was a Finnish poet, critic, school teacher, and central member of the literary group Tulenkantajat with Olavi Paavolainen, Elina Vaara, Lauri Viljanen, Ilmari Pimiä, Viljo Kajava, and Yrjö Jylhä.BiographyShe was born in 1901 in Muonio, and died of tuberculosis in 1944 in the Hessleby sanatorium at Mariannelund in Sweden.