Maila Talvio
Maila Talvio née Winter, married Mikkola, 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.
Life
She was born in Hartola, the daughter of Adolf Magnus Winter and Julia Malvina Bonsdorf, who had a family of 9 children. Talvio's father died when she was 9 years old.Her husband was J. J. Mikkola, a renowned scholar of Slavic linguistics, whom she married in 1893. She died in Helsinki, where she is buried in Hietaniemi Cemetery.
Books
Awards
- Valtion kirjallisuuspalkinto
- Aleksis Kiven kirjallisuuspalkinto