Eeva Kilpi

Eeva Kilpi
Kilpi at the Helsinki Book Fair (2008)
Born
Eeva Karin Salo

(1928-02-18)18 February 1928
Hiitola, Finnish Karelia
Died27 June 2026(2026-06-27) (aged 98)
Espoo, Finland
OccupationWriter
Notable workSee Selected works
Parents
  • Solmu Aulis Aimo (father)
  • Helmi Anna Maria (née Saharinen) Salo (mother)
Awardssee Awards

Eeva Karin Kilpi (née Salo; 18 February 1928 – 27 June 2026) was a Finnish writer and feminist. Better known abroad than in Finland, her poetry, characterized as feminist humor, became popular in the 1980s.

Life and career

Eeva Karin Salo was born on 18 February 1928, to Solmu Aulis Aimo and Helmi Anna Maria (née Saharinen) Salo within the former Karelian municipality of Hiitola, Finnish Karelia, where she lived until the coming of the Winter War.

During the Winter War, Kilpi and her family survived bombings by hiding in an underground cellar. Her father was later called away to the front lines and the family was forced to evacuate from the region. Kilpi ended up achieving an education in Helsinki, the capital and largest city in Finland.

Kilpi died in Espoo, Finland on 27 June 2026, at the age of 98.

Awards

Selected works

Short story collections

  • Noidanlukko WSOY 1959
  • Lapikkaita, WSOY 1966
  • Rakkauden ja kuoleman pöytä, WSOY 1967
  • Kesä ja keski-ikäinen nainen, WSOY 1970
  • Hyvän yön tarinoita, WSOY 1971
  • Se mitä ei koskaan sanota, WSOY 1979
  • Kuolema ja nuori rakastaja, WSOY 1986
  • Kootut novellit vuosilta 1959–1986, WSOY 1987

Novels

  • Kukkivan maan rannat, WSOY 1960
  • Nainen kuvastimessa, WSOY 1962
  • Elämä edestakaisin, WSOY 1964
  • Tamara, WSOY 1972
  • Häätanhu, WSOY 1973
  • Naisen päiväkirja, WSOY 1978
  • Elämän evakkona, WSOY 1983
  • Unta vain, WSOY 2007

Books

  • Talvisodan aika, WSOY 1989
  • Välirauha, ikävöinnin aika, WSOY 1990
  • Jatkosodan aika, WSOY 1993
    • Muistojen aika. Yhteisnide kolmesta edellisestä kirjasta, WSOY 1998
  • Rajattomuuden aika, WSOY 2001

Poetry collections

  • Laulu rakkaudesta ja muita runoja, WSOY 1972
  • Terveisin, WSOY 1976
  • Runoja 1972–1976, WSOY 1978
  • Ennen kuolemaa, WSOY 1982
  • Animalia, WSOY 1987
  • Laulu rakkaudesta, Eeva Kilven runot, Ellen Thesleffin kuvat, WSOY 1991
  • Kiitos eilisestä, WSOY 1996
    • Laulu rakkaudesta. Kiitos eilisestä, 2000
  • Perhonen ylittää tien. Kootut runot 1972–2000, WSOY 2000
  • Kuolinsiivous, WSOY 2012

Essay collections

See also

References

  1. ↑ France, Peter (2000). The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation. Oxford University Press. pp. 568–. ISBN 978-0-19-818359-4.
  2. ↑ Relander, Ann-Christine (3 March 2005). "En förtrollad trädgård, en vibrerande sång till Karelen". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  3. 1 2 DutchRanger (13 August 2013), Fire and Ice : The Winter War of Finland and Russia; 2006, retrieved 6 May 2016
  4. 1 2 "Eeva Karin Kilpi." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2008. Biography in Context. Web. 6 September 2016.
  5. ↑ Silvander, Lauri; Mattila, Mikael (27 June 2026). "Eeva Kilpi on kuollut". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 28 June 2026.

Studies of her writings

Further reading