Auni Nuolivaara

Auni Elisabet Nuolivaara ( Lagus, later Hirvensalo; 22 May 1883 — 26 October 1972) was a Finnish writer and artist.

Personal life Auni Hirvensalo was born to Selim Hirvensalo ( Lagus) and Lydia Dahlström. Her younger brother was the translator and dictionarist Lauri Hirvensalo (1892-1965).

Artist She was a keen amateur artist, making several study trips around Europe, as well as learning drawing and painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma in Italy, until the outbreak of World War I disrupted her travels. She later wrote a sequel, Paimen, piika ja emäntä — II.

Her other notable works include the novels Sinä olet se mies...! (1927), Isäntä ja emäntä (1937; the third and final part of the Paimen, piika ja emäntä trilogy), Kiitollisuuden yrtti (1940), and Syy oli minun (1952). Nuolivaara's published works comprise more than a dozen novels, a play, a radio drama and a children's book.