Arja Uusitalo

Arja Uusitalo (born 10 July 1951 in Helsinki) is a Finnish poet and journalist.

She moved to Sweden and attended the Stockholm University, 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.

Selected works Medan nattens leoparder, 1984 Och klappar kaoset om ryggen, 1986 Puutarhallinen lohdutusta eksyneille, 1987 Syrjäytetyt minät, 1988 Pyysit miniatyyriä, 1992 Meren syli, 1992 (photographs by Tuija Lindström) Turvapaikka, 2000 (opera libretto, composed by Oliver Kohlenberg) Come-back, 2000 Tukholmalainen Blogikirja, 2006 Äkillinen oivallus, 2008 Tukholmalaisnovelleja, 2008 Vainajat nauravat kuorossa, 2010