Eila Sylvia Kivikk'aho, originally Sammalkorpi (February 8, 1921 – June 21, 2004) was a Finnish

Finland

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 poet

Poet

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Kivikk'aho was born in Sortavala

Sortavala

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 soon after the World War I. One of her most famous poems is "Nocturno", which was already published in the debut work Sinikallio (1942).

Kivikk'aho was awarded the State Prize for Literature in 1951, 1961, 1971 and 1976. She also received the Eino Leino

Eino Leino

Eino Leino was a Finnish poet and journalist and is considered one of the pioneers of Finnish poetry. His poems combine modern and Finnish folk elements. The style of much of his work is like the Kalevala and folk songs. Nature, love, and despair are frequent themes in Leino's work...

 Prize in 1976 and the Aleksis Kivi

Aleksis Kivi

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 Prize in 1981.

As a translator to Finnish

Finnish language

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, Kivikk'aho was awarded the State Prize for Translation in 1970 and 1979. She died in Helsinki

Helsinki

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 at the age of 83.

Publications

• Sinikallio (1942; poems)
• Viuhkalaulu (1945; poems)
• Niityltä pois (1951; poems)
• Venelaulu (1952; poems)
• Parvi (1961; poems)
• Ruusukvartsi (1995; poems)
• Kootut runot (2001; collection, with an article by Eila Pennanen)