Aale Tynni Explained

Aale Tynni
Birth Name:	Aale Maria Tynni
Birth Date:	3 October 1913
Birth Place:	Ingria

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 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]

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)

External links

• • Medal winners in Literary Events at the Olympics
• Aale Tynni in 375 humanists 16.03.2015, Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki

Notes and References

1. Web site: Aale Tynni . Olympedia . 21 August 2020.
2. Web site: Aale Tynnin inkeriläiset juuret .

   fi:Toivo Flink

   . Flink, Toivo . 2013 . Suomen Inkeri-liitto ry . fi . 7 August 2020.
3. Encyclopedia: Pentik. Lauri. Haavio, Martti. https://web.archive.org/web/20150328145427/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3424501255.html. 28 March 2015. Encyclopaedia of Religion. Gale via Highbeam Research. 11 August 2012. 1 January 2005.
4. Web site: Hietaniemen hautausmaa – merkittäviä vainajia. Helsingin seurakuntayhtymä. 27 August 2016.