Tynni, Aale

Aale Tynni-Haavio was a Finnish poet and translator. Born in Kolppana, Ingermanland, in 1913, she died in Helsinki in 1997.
An Ingrian Finn, Tynni left Ingermanland near Petersburg for Finland as a refugee after the First World War, in 1919. She took a master degree in philology in Helsinki in 1936 and worked as a teacher, before turning to be a full-time writer. In 1982 she became a member of the Finnish Academy, as the first woman ever. Between 1960 and 1973, until his death, she was married to the famous poet P. Mustapää (pseudonym for Martti Haavio). Aale Tynni is best known for editing and translating a comprehensive anthology of European poetry from the medieval European folksong through Shakespeare and the Edda to the French Modernists, entitled Tuhat Laulujen Vuotta in (1957, enlarged edition 1974).
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". She published a total of 14 collections of poetry, often with mythological motifs.
In 1990 she edited an anthology about "Inkeri" (Ingermanland), the introductory text of which is being presented among "essays".

Ollitervo, Sakari

Sakari Ollitervo is a cultural historian, interested in the philosophy of history and intellectual history from the 18th century to the present. Currently, he works as a university teacher at the Department of Cultural History in the University of Turku, Finland.
 
Together with Kari Immonen he edited "Herder, Suomi, Eurooppa" in 2006. The introduction of this collection of articles on Herder and his relevance in Finland is presented among the "essays".

Immonen, Kari

Kari Immonen is professor emeritus at the Department of Cultural History in the University of Turku, Finland. He has done research on cultural history on 19th and 20th centuries, history of ideas, sciences, and universities. One of his research interest is the presence of the past and its uses in cultural and societal contexts.

His study "Historian läsnäolo" (The Presence of History) was published in 1996, together with Sakari Ollitervo he edited "Herder, Suomi, Eurooppa" in 2006. The introduction of this collection of articles on Herder and his relevance in Finland is presented among the "essays".

Pietiäinen, Jukka-Pekka

Jukka-Pekka Pietiäinen, born in 1956, is a docent in Finnish history at the University of Helsinki. He has published 15 books in various fields of Finnish history. Pietiäinen has also worked as a non-fiction critic, non-fiction publisher and most recently as executive director of the Finnish Non-fiction Writers' Association. He is currently retired.
His most recent work (2021) is ”Ulkoministerin kujanjuoksu. Rudolf Holsti ja skandaali Genevessä” (Foreign Minister Rudolf Holst’s and the Scandal in Geneva), which focuses on Holst’s activities between 1928-1945.

Pohjanen, Bengt

Bengt Pohjanen was born in 1944 in Kassa, on the Torne river, on the outermost edge of Sweden close to the Finnish border. He studied at Uppsala and Stockholm University. Theol. kand. and PhD, senior lecturer at Stockholm University 1981-83.
For his writing in three languages and his strive for the recognition of Meänkieli, the North-Swedish dialect of Finnish, Bengt Pohjanen has received an honorary doctorate from the University of Oulu, Finland, received the Ivar Lo Prize and the Dan Andersson Society's Literature Prize.
Bengt Pohjanen has for many years lived in Överkalix in Norrbotten. He is now living in Luleå.

Lehtinen, Torsti

Torsti Lehtinen was born in Helsinki in 1942, where he died in September 2023. He studied philosophy, theology and literature at the University of Helsinki and took a degree as FM, comparable to a Ph. D.

As a writer, Torsti Lehtinen published more than 30 works: novels, collections of poetry and aphorisms, plays, essays and philosophical works. He has worked as a teacher of philosophy and creative writing at several educational institutions, e.g. the Universities of Turku and Tampere, as well as at the Theatre Academy and Valamo College.

Torsti Lehtinen has also been active as a translator. His translations include the main works of Søren Kierkegaard.

He has been awarded several literature prizes, e.g. The WSOY Literature Award, and he won The National Biennial Championships in Essayism in 1995.

Torsti Lehtinen served on the board of the Central Finland Writers’ Association, and, after moving back to Helsinki, was invited to become president of the Helsinki Writers’ Guild in 2003. He also served as vice-president of the Finnish Writers’ Association (2000–2005) and was created an honorary member of The Central-Finland Writers’ Association in 1995.