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Immi Hellén
Immi Hellén, Early 1880s
Immi Hellén, Early 1880s
Born14 January 1861
Kuorevesi, Finland
Died20 January 1937 (1937-01-21) (aged 76)
Helsinki
Resting placeHietaniemi Cemetery
Occupationpoet
Alma materJyväskylä Teacher Seminary
Notable worksJoulukirkkoon

Ingeborg (Immi) Hellén (14 January 1861 in Kuorevesi – 20 January 1937 in Helsinki) was a Finnish poet. Hellén's most famous works are poems for children and nursery rhymes.[1][2]

Her poems were later collected in two books: Lapsuuden lauluja (1991) and Punaposki Kultasuu (2000).[3]

Life

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Immi Hellén studied at a Swedish girls' school in Tampere and in 1884 graduated as an elementary school teacher[failed verification] at the seminary in Jyväskylä. She then worked as a teacher in Vaasa and 1885–1927[failed verification] 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.[4] In Kuorevesi in 1998, 2001 and 2004 poetry competitions were held in her name.[5]

Poems

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Some of Hellén's most famous poems include:[2]

Works

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  • 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

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  • Alanko, Anna-Liisa (1997). Kotiveräjältä maailman turuille: Kansalliset kasvatusaatteet Immi Hellénin runoissa (PhD thesis). Joensuun yliopiston kasvatustieteellisiä julkaisuja. Vol. 35. Joensuu: Joensuun yliopisto. ISBN 951-70849-3-5. ISSN 0781-0334.
  • Jyväskylän seminaari 1863–1937 (register). Valistus 1937.

References

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  1. ^ "As a teacher". www.museo24.fi. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  2. ^ a b Alanko, Anna-Liisa (8 June 2004). "Hellén, Immi (1861–1937)". National Biography of Finland. Studia Biographica (in Finnish). Vol. 4. Finnish Literature Society. ISSN 1799-4349.
  3. ^ "Great Women from the Teacher Seminary". www.jyu.fi. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  4. ^ "Seminaarin uranuurtajanaisia". www.jyu.fi. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  5. ^ "Heritage". www.museo24.fi. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
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