Mirjam Polkunen
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Maire Mirjam Polkunen (2 March 1926 – 22 June 2012) was a Finnish writer, literature researcher, translator and dramatist. Among other awards, she won the Eino Leino Prize in 1969. Her Finnish rendering of ''
Zeno's Conscience ''Zeno's Conscience'' ( ) is a novel by Italian writer Italo Svevo. The main character is Zeno Cosini, and the book is the fictional character's memoirs that he keeps because his psychoanalyst recommended to do so in order to overcome his illnes ...
'' was awarded with the Mikael Agricola Prize in 1972.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Polkunen, Mirjam 20th-century Finnish writers Recipients of the Eino Leino Prize 1926 births 2012 deaths People from Jyväskylä