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Säde Eila Talvikki Pennanen (8 February 1916, Tampere – 23 January 1994, Tampere) was a Finnish writer, critic, essayist, and translator. A key contributor to nurturing Finnish literature, she published approximately twenty novels and a number of short stories and plays. She worked for 40 years as a literary critic and wrote essays for magazines. Pennanen translated a hundred books, trained translators, and lectured.[1]

Awards

Her awards have included:[1]

• 1965, Aleksis Kivi award
• 1971, Mikael Agricola Prize from the Finnish Cultural Foundation
• 1974, Väinö Linna Prize

Selected works

References

Bibliography

• Pennanen, Eila (1948). I natt drar han bort: novel. Helsinki: Schildts. SELIBR 1680153
• I natt drar han bort. Kirjasampo.fi. Accessed 6 March 2014.
• Pennanen, Eila; Holmqvist Margaretha (1957). Birgitta sierskan: novel. Helsinki: Söderström. SELIBR 645792

External links

• Eila Pennanen in 375 humanists – 24 April 2015. Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki.

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