Einari Arvid Vuorela (17 August 1889, in

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– 10 July 1972, in

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) was a Finnish writer. He was born in the village Jukojärvi in a family of 10 children, and started his studies at

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. He became a teacher in

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in 1914. His wife from 1939 was writer Laura Soinne. Finnish composer Heidi Sundblad-Halme set several of his poems to music. He won 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 1966.

Books

*''Puut ajattelevat'' (1967) *''Kiurun portaat'' (1971) *''Siintää himmeyden metsät'' (1975) *''Täältä kaukana'' (1927) *''Kullanhuuhtoja'' (1934)

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year 2001, part 18

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Einari Vuorela
1889 births 1972 deaths People from Keuruu People from Vaasa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Writers from Central Finland Recipients of the Eino Leino Prize {{Finland-writer-stub