Aale Tynni

Aale Maria Tynni-Haavio (3 October 1913 – 21 October 1997) was a Finnish poet and translator. She is best known for editing and translating European poetry ranging from the Middle Ages into Finnish in a comprehensive anthology entitled Tuhat Laulujen Vuotta in 1957. She participated in the Art Competitions of the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, and won the gold medal in the Lyric Works, Literature category for "Laurel of Hellas".

Biography Tynni was born in Ingria into an Ingrian Finnish family. She married fellow poet Martti Haavio, her second husband, in 1960. After he died in 1973, Tynni and Katariina Eskola compiled his notes and correspondence, which were later released as a series of books.

She is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.

Works

Kynttiläsydän, 1938 Vesilintu, 1940 Lähde ja matkamies, 1943 Lehtimaja, 1946 Soiva metsä, 1947 Ylitse vuorten lasisten, 1949 Tuntematon puu, 1952 Kerttu ja Perttu ja muut talon lapset, 1953 Kissa liukkaalla jäällä ja muita satuja, 1954 Torni virrassa, 1954 Vieraana vihreällä saarella, 1954 Heikin salaisuudet, 1956 Tuhat laulujen vuotta, 1957 Yhdeksän kaupunkia, 1958 Maailmanteatteri, 1961 Muuttohaukat, 1965 Balladeja ja romansseja, 1967 Lasten paratiisi, 1968 Pidä rastaan laulusta kiinni, 1969 Tarinain lähde, 1974 Olen vielä kaukana, 1978 Vuodenajat, 1987 Inkeri, Inkerini, 1990 Rautamarskin aika, 1991 (näytelmä)