Aale Tynni

Aale Maria Tynni-Haavio (3 October 1913 – 21 October 1997) was a Finnish poet and translator. She is best known for editing and translating European poetry ranging from the Middle Ages into Finnish in a comprehensive anthology of entitled Tuhat Laulujen Vuotta in (1957). She participated in the Art Competitions of the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, and won the Gold Medal in the Lyric Works, Literature category for "Laurel of Hellas".[1]

Olympic medalist

Aale Tynni
Medal record
Art competitions
1948 London Lyric

Biography

Tynni was born in Ingria into an Ingrian Finnish family.[2] She married fellow poet Martti Haavio, her second husband, in 1960. After he died in 1973, Tynni and Katariina Eskola compiled his notes and correspondence, which were later released as a series of books.[3]

She is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.[4]

Works
  • Kynttiläsydän, 1938
  • Vesilintu, 1940
  • Lähde ja matkamies, 1943
  • Lehtimaja, 1946
  • Soiva metsä, 1947
  • Ylitse vuorten lasisten, 1949
  • Tuntematon puu, 1952
  • Kerttu ja Perttu ja muut talon lapset, 1953
  • Kissa liukkaalla jäällä ja muita satuja, 1954
  • Torni virrassa, 1954
  • Vieraana vihreällä saarella, 1954
  • Heikin salaisuudet, 1956
  • Tuhat laulujen vuotta, 1957
  • Yhdeksän kaupunkia, 1958
  • Maailmanteatteri, 1961
  • Muuttohaukat, 1965
  • Balladeja ja romansseja, 1967
  • Lasten paratiisi, 1968
  • Pidä rastaan laulusta kiinni, 1969
  • Tarinain lähde, 1974
  • Olen vielä kaukana, 1978
  • Vuodenajat, 1987
  • Inkeri, Inkerini, 1990
  • Rautamarskin aika, 1991 (näytelmä)

References
  1. "Aale Tynni". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  2. Flink, Toivo (2013). "Aale Tynnin inkeriläiset juuret" (PDF) (in Finnish). Suomen Inkeri-liitto ry. Retrieved 7 August 2020.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. Pentik, Lauri (1 January 2005). "Haavio, Martti". Encyclopaedia of Religion. Gale via Highbeam Research. Archived from the original on 28 March 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2012.(subscription required)
  4. "Hietaniemen hautausmaa – merkittäviä vainajia" (PDF). Helsingin seurakuntayhtymä. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
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