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| Born | 10 January 1924 Pieksämäki, Finland |
| Died | 21 October 2019 (aged 95) Helsinki, Finland |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, Writer, Translator |
| Spouse | Lauri Viita |
Aila Meriluoto (10 January 1924 – 21 October 2019) was a Finnish poet, writer and translator.
Meriluoto was born inPieksämäki, and published her first collection of poems,Lasimaalaus in age of 22. It was a success among critics and readers.[1]
She became the most celebrated and widely read female poet of post-war Finland. The central themes of her early poems are art and femininity.[1] Her first collections reflect the influence of Austrian author Rainer Maria Rilke. In collectionPahat unet (1956) some of the poems have a free form. The next collection,Portaat, came five years later, and there Meriluoto had found her own modern style of expression.[2]
Meriluoto lived in Sweden for 13 years. In 1974 she moved back to Finland, and the language of her poetry changed again to more close to a talking voice.[2]
In addition to poems, Meriluoto wrote novels, and books for young people.[2] She has translated works byHarry Martinson,Rainer Maria Rilke,Shakespeare andGoethe.[3]
Meriluoto was married 1948–1956 to another poet,Lauri Viita. She described him and their stormy marriage in a biographical novel.[4]
Meriluoto died in a care home inHelsinki on 21 October 2019, aged 95.[5][6]
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