Laulu rakkaudesta: valikoima neljästä runokokoelmasta

by Eeva Kilpi, Ellen Thesleff (Illustrator)

Eeva Kilpi on valinnut tähän teokseen runoja rakastetuista kokoelmistaan LAULU RAKKAUDESTA JA MUITA RUNOJA, TERVEISIN, ENNEN KUOLEMAA ja ANIMALIA. Valikoiman teemoina ovat mm. luonto ja eläimet, yksinäisyys, rakkaus, ihmisten yhteys toisiin ihmisiin sekä lapsista ja nuorista viriävä toivo. Runojen henkeen sopii Ellen Thesleffin taide: sielukkaat henkilökuvat ja varhaiset maisemat, jotka näyttävät kuuntelevan hiljaisuutta sekä värejä leiskuvat luontokuvat ja herkät piirrokset.

Genres: Poetry

129 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Eeva Karin Kilpi (née Salo; 1928–2026) was a Finnish writer and feminist. Better known abroad than in Finland, her poetry, characterized as feminist humor, was discovered in the 1980s in Europe.

She made her debut with the short story collection Noidanlukko in 1959. She wrote about the evacuation of the population of Karelia in Elämä edestakasin, 1964, and Elämän evakkona, 1983, as well as in her autobiographical novel trilogy Talvisodan aika (1989; Eng. tr. The Time of the Winter War), Välirauha ikävöinnin aika, 1990, which describes the interwar period, and Jatkosodan aika, 1993.

Her experimental, erotic novel Tamara (1972; Eng. tr. Tamara) which brought her international success, depicts the relationship between a sexually active woman and a handicapped man. In many of her works, the central character is a strong, independent woman, for example in her novels Häätanhu, 1973, Nainen kuvastimessa, 1962, and in Kesä ja keski-ikäinen nainen, 1970. Besides fiction, she has also written autobiographical literature: Ihmisen ääni, 1976, and Naisen päiväkirja, 1978. In Ihmisen ääni she challenges the myth of the mother.

With her works Laulu rakkaudesta ja muita runoja, 1972, and Terveisin, 1976, Eeva Kilpi has made her mark as an ironic and humorous poet of the everyday. These collections were published in 1980 in Swedish under the title Sånger om kärlek, while a selection of the poems was published in Danish under the title En sang om kærlighed in 1981. In her later poetry collections Ennen kuolemaa, 1982, and Animalia, 1987, Eeva Kilpi questions man's right to dominate nature. Her poetry collection Kiitos eilisestä, 1996, is about sorrow and ageing, but also about love and passion.

Additions by the editorial team 2011:

The above biography was first published in 1998. Since then, Eeva Kilpi has written the novel Unta vain, 2007, and Rajattomuuden aika, 2001.