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Maila Talvio née Winter, married Mikkola (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. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times.[1]

Maila Talvio
BornMaila Winter
October 17, 1871
Hartola
DiedJanuary 6, 1951
Helsinki
OccupationWriter
LanguageFinnish
NationalityFinnish
GenreNovel, collection of short stories, drama, collection of speeches and biography
PartnerJ. J. Mikkola

Life


Her 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 J. J. Mikkola, a renowned scholar of Slavic linguistics, whom she married in 1893. She is buried in Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.[2]


Books



Awards



Notes


  1. "Nomination Database". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
  2. "Hietaniemen hautausmaa – merkittäviä vainajia" (PDF). Helsingin seurakuntayhtymä. Retrieved 27 August 2016.

References


Facta 2001, Finnish







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