Arja Uusitalo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Arja Uusitalo

Finnish poet

Date of Birth: 10-Jul-1951

Place of Birth: Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Profession: writer, poet, politician, journalist

Nationality: Finland, Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Arja Uusitalo (born 10 July 1951 in Helsinki) is a Finnish poet and journalist. She moved to Sweden and attended the University of Stockholm, studying social anthropology, pedagogy, the Finnish language and economic history.
She went to Poppius Journalist School to work as journalist.
Uusitalo published poems in Swedish and Finnish magazines and worked in Swedish Radio.
In 1992, a documentary film was made about her on Finnish television.
Arja won a prize for her libretto which was composed by Oliver Kohlenberg and played in Kärsämäki in July 2000.