Elvi Sinervo was a Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 writer and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize

Eino Leino Prize

The Eino Leino Prize is an annual prize award to top writers in Finland since 1956, with particular emphasis on poets.-Recipients:*1956 Viljo Kajava*1957 Helvi Juvonen*1958 Rabbe Enckell*1959 Aapeli *1960 Olavi Paavolainen...

in 1980. She married Mauri Ryömä (1911-58). Their daughter is Liisa Ryömä

Works

Sinervo's first work Runo Söörnäisistä (A Poem about Söörnäinen, 1937) is a collection of short stories about working-class life in Helsinki. Her next work, Palavan kylän seppä (The Smith of the Village of Palava, 1939) is a novel about Hermanni Rintaluoma, a man who comes back to the country after the Civil War and tries to begin a new life amongst hatred and suspicion. Her another collection of short stories, Vuorelle nousu (Climbing the Mountain, 1948) is about the experiences related to the underground Communist movement in the country. Her other significant works include her novels Viljami Vaihdokas (Viljami, the Changeling, 1946) and Toveri, älä petä (Comrade, Don't Betray Us, 1947)