author
Hilda Tihlä
1870–1944
A pioneering Finnish writer of the labor movement, she wrote with deep feeling about ordinary people, social justice, and the hopes of a changing world. Her life moved from rural Finland into the political upheavals of the early 20th century, giving her work unusual urgency and conviction.
3 Audiobooks
Metsäkyliltä : Kertomuksia
by Hilda Tihlä
Leeni : Kertomus
by Hilda Tihlä
Kuopus ja muita kertomuksia
by Hilda Tihlä
About the author
Born in Jämsä on February 8, 1870, Hilda Tihlä was one of the notable voices of Finland’s early working-class literature. She began as an idealistic writer influenced by Leo Tolstoy and Arvid Järnefelt, and her fiction often focused on laborers, especially rural workers, with a strong interest in moral questions and social change.
Over time, her writing and public outlook became more openly political. She supported the workers’ movement and was on the Red side in the Finnish Civil War of 1918. Later she moved to Soviet Karelia, where she continued to write and reflect on the ideals that had shaped her life.
Tihlä died on March 27, 1944, in Belomorsk. Today she is remembered as an early and important Finnish author who brought together literature, social commitment, and the experiences of working people.