Tuula Kallioniemi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Tuula Kallioniemi

Finnish writer

Date of Birth: 22-Mar-1951

Place of Birth: Kemi, Regional State Administrative Agency for Lapland, Finland

Profession: writer, children's writer

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Tuula Kallioniemi (born 22 March 1951 in Kymi) is an author of Finnish children's literature.
She was awarded the Topelius Prize in 1979, the State's Prize for Literature in 1985 and the Anni Swan Medal in 1994. She wrote the Reuhurinteen ala-aste series, the first book of which was published in 1997.
The books are about lives of the pupils and teacher Aapeli Käki in a fictional elementary school in Finland.
Her other works include Lätkässä (1990), Rääväsuu rakastuu (1991) and Ihmemies Topi (1998).