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Aila Meriluoto (10 January 1924 – 21 October 2019) was a Finnish poet, writer and translator.

Aila Meriluoto
Born	10 January 1924 Pieksämäki, Finland
Died	21 October 2019 (aged 95) Helsinki, Finland
Occupation	Poet, Writer, Translator
Spouse	Lauri Viita

Meriluoto was born in Pieksämäki, 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 collection Pahat 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 by Harry Martinson, Rainer Maria Rilke, Shakespeare and Goethe.[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 in Helsinki on 21 October 2019, aged 95.[5][6]

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- [en] Aila Meriluoto

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[fr] Aila Meriluoto

Aila Meriluoto, née le 10 janvier 1924 à Pieksämäki et morte le 21 octobre 2019 à Helsinki, est une poétesse, traductrice et écrivaine finlandaise. Elle est la poétesse la plus célèbre de l'après-guerre en Finlande[1].

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[ru] Мерилуото, Айла

А́йла Ма́рьятта Ме́рилуото-Па́акканен (фин. Aila Marjatta Meriluoto-Paakkanen; 10 января 1924, Пиексямяки, Финляндия — 21 октября 2019[6][7]) — финская поэтесса, писательница, переводчица; представитель «финских модернистов». Принадлежит к поэтам, которые стали выразителями послевоенных настроений и переживаний финской нации.

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