Portrait de Immi Hellén
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Auteur

Immi Hellén

Poétesse finlandaise

Naissance
18 janvier 1861, Kuorevesi
Décès
20 janvier 1937, Helsinki
Nationalité
Finlande
Profession
Poétesse, écrivaine et institutrice

Vie et œuvre

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

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

Life

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

Poems

Some of Hellén's most famous poems include:

Kotiin

Paimenpoika

Oravan pesä

Joulukirkkoon

Enkeli ohjaa

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Collection

Livres de Immi Hellén

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