Elli Köngäs-Maranda, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Elli Köngäs-Maranda

Canadian anthropologist

Date of Birth: 11-Jan-1932

Date of Death: 01-Nov-1982

Profession: anthropologist

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Elli-Kaija Köngäs-Maranda (11 January 1932, Tervola, Finland – 1 November 1982, Québec City, Canada) was an internationally renowned anthropologist and feminist folklorist.
She studied Finnish language and folklore at the University of Helsinki, where she received her B.A.
in 1954 and her M.A.
in 1955.
She continued her studies in United States and did her doctoral dissertation in 1963 at Indiana University.
She was a lecturer at Columbia University and a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute of Harvard University.
Köngäs-Maranda was elected a Fellow of the American Folklore Society.
The Society's Women's section inaugurated 1983 two prizes in her memory.