Tyyni Tuulio, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tyyni Tuulio

Finnish writer, literary scholar and translator

Date of Birth: 28-Aug-1892

Place of Birth: Karvia, South-Western Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland

Date of Death: 09-Jun-1991

Profession: writer, translator, literary scholar

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Tyyni Maria Tuulio (née Haapanen; born 28 August 1892 in Karvia, died 9 June 1991 in Helsinki), was a Finnish writer and translator.Tuulio was the daughter of vicar Jaakko Haapanen and Hilma Antoinette Rikberg.
She graduated from high school in 1911, earned her bachelor's degree in 1916 and her master's degree in 1927.
She published travel writing and short stories as well as biographies of prominent Finnish women, such as Sophie Mannerheim (1948), Ottilia Stenbäck (1950), Alexandra Gripenberg (1959) and Maila Talvio (2 volumes, 1963–1965).
She also wrote memoirs in three volumes (1966–1969).
In 1979, she published a collection of essays titled Fredrikan Suomi about Fredrika Runeberg and the other women who belonged to the circle around Johan Ludvig Runeberg.Tuulio is counted among Finland's most influential twentieth century literary translators.
She translated from Swedish (the collected works of Fredrika Runeberg), English (Charlotte Brontë, Louisa May Alcott) and the Romance languages (Dante Alighieri's La Vita Nova).In 1957, she received an award from the Finnish Cultural Foundation.
In 1960, she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Helsinki.
In 1985, she received the State translation prize.She married linguist Oiva Tuulio in 1917; they had three sons.
Her brother was the conductor Toivo Haapanen.
She is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.