Immi Hellén

Ingeborg (Immi) Hellén (14 January 1861 – 20 January 1937) was a Finnish poet. Hellén's most famous works are poems for children and nursery rhymes.

Life Immi Hellén was born in Kuorevesi and studied at a Swedish girls' school in Tampere and in 1884 graduated as an elementary school teacher at the seminary in Jyväskylä. She then worked as a teacher in Vaasa and 1885–1927 in Helsinki. She was involved in the temperance movement and the animal welfare community. Hellén wrote more than a thousand poems, most of which were published in children's magazines. In Kuorevesi in 1998, 2001 and 2004 poetry competitions were held in her name. She died in Helsinki.

Poems Some of Hellén's most famous poems include: Kotiin Paimenpoika Oravan pesä

Works Aune: nuorisolle. Otava, 1896. Lasten runoja 1: Kodin ja koulun varalle. Werner Söderström, 1898. Lasten lauluja. Collected by Immi Hellén. WSOY, 1899. Eeva Aarnio: kertomus nuorille. Werner Söderström, 1901. Joulukirja nuorisolle nousevalle. Zachris Schalin, transl. Immi Hellén. Werner Söderström, 1901. Kotitanhuvilla. Written by pseudonym Tohtori-Eno, transl. Immi Hellén. Otava, 1915. Mustan Kotkan kapteeni. C. M. Bennett, transl.. Immi Hellén. Valistus, 1929. Lasten runokirja: Suomen pojille ja tytöille omistettu. Valistus, 1930. Alakansakoulun lukemisto. Together with Tyyni Kontuniemi and J. K. Santala. Valistus, 1930. Jouluilta satumaassa: viisi pientä satunäytelmää. Astrid Wång-Mariani, ill. Margit Broberg, transl. Immi Hellén. Kuvataide, 1930. Runoja. Ed. Ilona Merikoski, ill. Alf Danning ja Heikki Paaer. Valistus, 1951. Ihmeitten ihme: Rudolf Koivun kuvittamia satuja. Ill. Rudolf Koivu, fairy tales by Immi Hellén and others, ed. Marja Peltonen. Valistus, 1977. Haltiattarien linna. Ill. Venny Soldan-Brofeldtin, Alexander Paischeffin and Onni Muusarin. Fairy tales by Immi Hellén and others, ed. Marja Peltonen. Valistus, 1978. Punaposki, kultasuu: runoaarteita. Karisto, 2000. Lasten riemut: luonnonkirjaa lukemassa. Immi Hellén, ed. Anna-Liisa Alanko. WSOY, 2008 Hyvää huomenta, punahilkka!. Ed. Tuula Korolainen, ill. Karoliina Pertamo. Tammi, 2011. Äidin perintö : kokoelma Immi Hellénin kirjeitä ja runoja perintöjen aarrearkusta. Ed. Riitta Erwe. Immi Hellén seura, 2011.

Literature

Jyväskylän seminaari 1863–1937 (register). Valistus 1937.