Eeva Kilpi

Eeva Kilpi

Eeva Karin Kilpi (née Salo; 18 February 1928, Hiitola) is a Finnish writer and feminist.[1] Better known abroad than in Finland, her poetry, characterized as feminist humor, was discovered in the 1980s in Europe.[2]

Biography

Eeva Karin Salo was born on February 18, 1928 within the former municipality of Hiitola, Finnish Karelia, where she lived until the coming of the Winter War of 1939-1940. During the Winter War, Eeva and her family survived bombings by hiding in an underground cellar. Eeva's father was later called away to the front lines.[3]

Awards

Selected Works

Short story collections

Novels

Books

Poetry collections

Essay collections

References

  1. France, Peter (2000). The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation. Oxford University Press. pp. 568–. ISBN 978-0-19-818359-4.
  2. Relander, Ann-Christine (3 March 2005). "En förtrollad trädgård, en vibrerande sång till Karelen". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  3. DutchRanger (2013-08-13), Fire and Ice : The Winter War of Finland and Russia ;2006, retrieved 2016-05-06

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