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Ilma Virtala
1886–1931
A Finnish writer who published under the name Ilma Virtala, she wrote novels, short fiction, and drama shaped by Finland’s turbulent early 20th century. Her work often turns toward the Civil War and the human lives caught up in it.
6 Audiobooks
Valkea kansa
by Ilma Virtala
Anja rouva
by Ilma Virtala
Tuomion jälkeen : Kertomuksia
by Ilma Virtala
Kosken laulu : Avioliittotarina
by Ilma Virtala
Jääkärin sisko
by Ilma Virtala
About the author
Born Ilma Karoliina Näätänen, née Virtanen, on October 24, 1886, in Nousiainen, she is remembered as a Finnish author who also worked as a masseuse in Helsinki. Sources found during this search identify her as publishing under the name Ilma Virtala and note that she died in Helsinki on December 31, 1931.
Her known works include the novels Valkea kansa, Kosken laulu, and Jääkärin sisko, the postwar-themed Tuomion jälkeen, and the play Heikki Ortela. The available source material consistently connects her writing with Finnish subjects and especially with the Civil War and its aftermath.
I couldn’t confirm many personal details beyond those basics from the sources reviewed, but the record that does appear suggests a writer whose fiction stayed close to the tensions, losses, and loyalties of her time.