Kilpi, Eeva (1928–)

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Kilpi, Eeva (1928–)

Finnish novelist, poet and short-story writer. Born Feb 18, 1928 in Hiitola, Karelia (once part of the Soviet Union), Finland; m. Mikko Kilpi, 1949 (div. 1966); children: 3.

Studied literature and languages and served as president of PEN (1970–75); works, which attack puritanism, hypocrisy, and prejudice and insist on right of women to sexual and intellectual independence, include Noidaulukko (1959), Elämä edestakaisin (1964), Rokkanden ja kademan pöytä (1967), Tamara (1972), Ihuisen ääni (1976), and Elämän evakonna (1983); published critically acclaimed trilogy of autobiographical novels about the war years (1989–93).