Katri Vala (1901–1944) was a Finnish

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, school teacher, and central member of the literary group

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(The Fire Bearers) with

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, Elina Vaara,

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, Ilmari Pimiä,

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, and Yrjö Jylhä.

Biography

She was born in 1901 in

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, and died of tuberculosis in 1944 in the Hessleby sanatorium at Mariannelund in

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Vala, Katri (1901 - 1944)
Kansallisbiografia-verkkojulkaisu. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. 1901 births 1944 deaths People from Muonio People from Oulu Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) 20th-century Finnish poets Writers from Lapland (Finland) Finnish women poets 20th-century Finnish women writers {{Finland-poet-stub