Maila Talvio

Maila Talvio
Born
Maila Winter

(1871-10-17)October 17, 1871
DiedJanuary 6, 1951(1951-01-06) (aged 79)
OccupationWriter
LanguageFinnish
NationalityFinnish
GenreNovel, collection of short stories, drama, collection of speeches and biography
PartnerJ. J. Mikkola

Maila Talvio née Winter, married Mikkola (October 17, 1871 – January 6, 1951), was a Finnish writer. Talvio was a leading Finnish writer on the temperance question and several of her works were translated into Swedish and other languages. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times.