She received several literary awards from her own works and translations, among them Aleksis Kivi Award in 1965. Pennanen died on January 23, 1994. Eila Pennanen's cousin was the writer Jarno Pennanen. Poems are written out of spontaneous emotions. Writing poetry is liberation self, is happiness, even if it originates in tragedy, is victory.
Poems are music and joy, convey the strenght of peace, give new strenght of life.
Poems by Finnish Women Writers, transl.