Inger-Mari Aikio
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Inger-Mari Aikio-Arianaick | |
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| Born | 1961 (age 62–63) |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Education | University of Oulu |
| Occupation | poet |
Inger-Mari Aikio-Arianaick (born 1961 in Utsjoki, Finland) is a Sámi poet who writes in Northern Sámi.[1] In addition to writing poetry, she has worked as a reporter, photographer and proofreader for the newspaper Sámi Áigi from 1982 to 1988, after which she went to work as a news journalist for YLE Sámi Radio.[citation needed]
Biography
After graduating from high school in 1980, Aikio-Arianaick studied languages at the University of Oulu.[citation needed] In 1992, she passed the official translator exams from Northern Sámi to Finnish and from Finnish to Northern Sámi.[citation needed]
Aikio-Arianaick has also published seven collections of poetry and children's books.[2] Her poems have been translated in English, German, Finnish, Swedish, Hungarian.
Works
- Gollebiekkat almmi dievva (1989)
- Jiehki vuolde ruonas giđđa (1993)
- Silkeguobbara lákca (1995)
- Máilmmis dása (2001)
- 69 čuoldda (2018)
References
- ^ "Inger-Mari Aikio-Arianaick | Finnland. Cool". finnlandcool.fi. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
- ^ "Aikio, Inger-Mari". Nordic Women's Literature. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
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