Säde Eila Talvikki Pennanen (8 February 1916, in Tampere – 23 January 1994, in Tampere) was a Finnish writer, critic, essayist, and translator. A key contributor to nurturing Finnish literature, she published approximately twenty novels and a number of short stories and plays. She worked for 40 years as a literary critic and wrote essays for magazines. Pennanen translated a hundred books, trained translators, and lectured.
Awards Her awards have included: 1965, Aleksis Kivi award 1971, Mikael Agricola Prize from the Finnish Cultural Foundation 1974, Väinö Linna Prize
Selected works
References
Bibliography Pennanen, Eila (1948). : novel. Helsinki: Schildts. . Kirjasampo.fi. Accessed 6 March 2014. Pennanen, Eila; Holmqvist Margaretha (1957). : novel. Helsinki: Söderström.
External links Eila Pennanen in 375 humanists – 24 April 2015. Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki.