Aila Meriluoto

Aila Meriluoto (10 January 1924 – 21 October 2019) was a Finnish poet, writer and translator. She was born in Pieksämäki, Finland. She  became  the most celebrated and widely read female poet of post-war Finland. The themes of her poems were art and femininity. In collection Pahat unet (1956) some of the poems have a free form. The next collection, Portaat, came five years later.

In addition to poems, Meriluoto wrote novels, and books for young people.  She has translated works by Harry Martinson, Rainer Maria Rilke, Shakespeare and Goethe.

Meriluoto died in a care home in Helsinki on 21 October 2019, aged 95.

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Category:1924 births
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Category:Finnish poets
Category:Feminist writers
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