author
Niilo Kivinen
1862–1895
A Finnish journalist and fiction writer whose work captured everyday life and social change in the late 1800s. Writing under the pen name Niku, he left behind a small but distinctive body of prose before dying young.
3 Audiobooks
Tuppelan Kalle ja Koturi-Heikki: Kuvaus "Tukkipoikain" Elämästä
by Niilo Kivinen
Vanhoillinen: Romaani
by Niilo Kivinen
Aholan asukkaat
by Niilo Kivinen
About the author
Born as Nikolai Kivimäki in Lehtimäki on September 30, 1862, he later became known as Niilo Kivinen. Finnish library and reference sources describe him as a teacher, journalist, and writer, and note that he also used the pen name Niku.
Kivinen is remembered for fiction rooted in Finnish rural life. His known works include Vanhoillinen and Aholan asukkaat, and modern editions and library records suggest that his writing has continued to interest readers well beyond his short lifetime.
He died in Vaasa on October 18, 1895, at just 33 years old. A brief career like his can be easy to overlook, but his surviving work offers a glimpse of Finnish society in a time of change.