Anja Vammelvuo

{{Short description|Finnish poet and writer}}

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Anja Leila Hemmikki Vammelvuo (7 October 1921, in Hausjärvi – 30 June 1988, in Tuusula) was a Finnish poet and writer. She was awarded the {{interlanguage link|State Prize for Literature|fi|Kirjallisuuden valtionpalkinto}} in 1949, 1954, and 1970, and the Pro Finlandia medal in 1969.{{cite book |title=Suomalaisia kirjailijoita |date=2004 |publisher=Otava |location=Helsingissä |isbn=951-1-19094-6 |pages=302–303 |language=fi}}{{cite book |last1=Pekkanen |first1=Toivo |editor1-last=Rauanheimo |editor1-first=Reino |title=Uuno Kailaasta Aila Meriluotoon: Suomalaisten kirjailijain elämäkertoja |date=1947 |publisher=WSOY |location=Porvoo |pages=599–603 |language=fi |chapter=Anja Vammelvuo}}{{cite web |title=Vammelvuo, Anja |url=https://nordicwomensliterature.net/writers/vammelvuo-anja/ |website=Nordic Women's Literature |access-date=13 March 2023}}