Maila Talvio
Maila Talvio née Winter, married Mikkola, was a Finnish writer. Talvio was a leading Finnish writer on the temperance question and several of her works were translated into Swedish and other languages.
She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times.Life
Her parents were Adolf Magnus Winter and Julia Malvina Bonsdorf, who had a family of 9 children. Talvio's father died when Maila was 9 years old.
Her husband was professor J. J. Mikkola, a renowned scholar of Slavic linguistics, whom she married in 1893. She is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.Books
Awards
- Valtion kirjallisuuspalkinto
- Aleksis Kiven kirjallisuuspalkinto
