Antti Kalevi Hyry (20 October 1931 in Kuivaniemi – 4 June 2016 in

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) was a Finnish writer and recipient of the

Eino Leino Prize The Eino Leino Prize is an annual prize awarded to top writers in Finland since 1956, with particular emphasis on poets. It is named after Eino Leino, a pioneer of Finnish poetry. Recipients *1956 Viljo Kajava *1957 Helvi Juvonen *1958 Rabb ...

in 2005. In 2009 his book ''Uuni'' (''Oven'') won the Finlandia Prize, Finland's premier prize for literature. It details a man's reflections as he collects cement and bricks to build an oven for his home. Antti Hyry was married to Maija Hyry.Kustantajat.fi

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1931 births 2016 deaths People from Ii Writers from Northern Ostrobothnia Recipients of the Eino Leino Prize Finlandia Prize winners {{Finland-writer-stub