Aulikki Oksanen

Finnish writer, actor and songwriter, best known as singer, born July 19, 1944 in Karvia. She made her debut with the novel Hevosen kuolema ("The Horse's Death", 1966). Her best-known book is the lyrical-realistic upbringing and development novel Isosisko ja pikkuveli (1973) about Aino's journey to the big city. She was awarded the Runeberg Prize in 1991 for Henkivartija.