Immi Hellén
{{short description|Finnish poet (1861-1937)}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Immi Hellén
| occupation = poet
| birth_place = Kuorevesi, Finland
| years_active =
| birth_date = 14 January 1861
| death_date = {{death-date and age|20 January 1937|14 January 1861}}
| death_place = Helsinki
| image = File:Ingeborg Hellén.jpg
| caption = Immi Hellén, Early 1880s
| resting_place = Hietaniemi Cemetery
| alma_mater = Jyväskylä Teacher Seminary
| notable_works = Joulukirkkoon
}}
Ingeborg (Immi) Hellén (14 January 1861 in Kuorevesi – 20 January 1937 in Helsinki) was a Finnish poet. Hellén's most famous works are poems for children and nursery rhymes.{{Cite web |title=As a teacher |url=http://www.museo24.fi/adminFrame.php?action=INavigation::viewArticle(10732) |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=www.museo24.fi}}
Her poems were later collected in two books: Lapsuuden lauluja (1991) and Punaposki Kultasuu (2000).{{Cite web |title=Great Women from the Teacher Seminary |url=https://www.jyu.fi/tdk/museo/naisoppilaat_en/immihellen_en.htm |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=www.jyu.fi}}
Life
Immi Hellén studied at a Swedish girls' school in Tampere and in 1884 graduated as an elementary school teacher{{failed verification|date=October 2023|reason=Ref does not say what she graduated as; teacher sounds unlikely for a seminary}} at the seminary in Jyväskylä. She then worked as a teacher in Vaasa and 1885–1927{{failed verification|date=October 2023|reason=No dates in ref}} in Helsinki. She was involved in the temperance movement and the animal welfare community. Hellén wrote more than a thousand poems, most of which were published in children's magazines.{{Cite web |title=Seminaarin uranuurtajanaisia |url=https://www.jyu.fi/tdk/museo/naisoppilaat/immihellen.htm |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=www.jyu.fi}} In Kuorevesi in 1998, 2001 and 2004 poetry competitions were held in her name.{{Cite web |title=Heritage |url=http://www.museo24.fi/adminFrame.php?action=INavigation::viewArticle(10737) |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=www.museo24.fi}}
Poems
Some of Hellén's most famous poems include:{{Cite encyclopedia|last=Alanko|first=Anna-Liisa|date=8 June 2004|series=Studia Biographica|volume=4|publisher=Finnish Literature Society|encyclopedia=National Biography of Finland|title=Hellén, Immi (1861–1937)|url=https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/4590 |url-access=subscription|issn=1799-4349|language=fi}}
- Kotiin
- Paimenpoika
- Oravan pesä
- {{ill|Joulukirkkoon|fi}}
- {{ill|Suojelusenkeli|lt=Enkeli ohjaa|fi|Suojelusenkeli (laulu)}}
Works
- Aune: nuorisolle. Otava, 1896.
- Lasten runoja 1: Kodin ja koulun varalle. Werner Söderström, 1898.
- Lasten lauluja. Collected by Immi Hellén. WSOY, 1899.
- Eeva Aarnio: kertomus nuorille. Werner Söderström, 1901.
- Joulukirja nuorisolle nousevalle. Zachris Schalin, transl. Immi Hellén. Werner Söderström, 1901.
- Kotitanhuvilla. Written by pseudonym Tohtori-Eno, transl. Immi Hellén. Otava, 1915.
- Mustan Kotkan kapteeni. C. M. Bennett, transl.. Immi Hellén. Valistus, 1929.
- Lasten runokirja: Suomen pojille ja tytöille omistettu. Valistus, 1930.
- Alakansakoulun lukemisto. Together with Tyyni Kontuniemi and J. K. Santala. Valistus, 1930.
- Jouluilta satumaassa: viisi pientä satunäytelmää. Astrid Wång-Mariani, ill. Margit Broberg, transl. Immi Hellén. Kuvataide, 1930.
- Runoja. Ed. Ilona Merikoski, ill. Alf Danning ja Heikki Paaer. Valistus, 1951.
- Ihmeitten ihme: Rudolf Koivun kuvittamia satuja. Ill. Rudolf Koivu, fairy tales by Immi Hellén and others, ed. Marja Peltonen. Valistus, 1977.
- Haltiattarien linna. Ill. Venny Soldan-Brofeldtin, Alexander Paischeffin and Onni Muusarin. Fairy tales by Immi Hellén and others, ed. Marja Peltonen. Valistus, 1978.
- Punaposki, kultasuu: runoaarteita. Karisto, 2000.
- Lasten riemut: luonnonkirjaa lukemassa. Immi Hellén, ed. Anna-Liisa Alanko. WSOY, 2008
- Hyvää huomenta, punahilkka!. Ed. Tuula Korolainen, ill. Karoliina Pertamo. Tammi, 2011.
- Äidin perintö : kokoelma Immi Hellénin kirjeitä ja runoja perintöjen aarrearkusta. Ed. Riitta Erwe. Immi Hellén seura, 2011.
Literature
- {{cite thesis|author=Alanko, Anna-Liisa|date=1997|issn=0781-0334|isbn=951-70849-3-5|location=Joensuu|publisher=Joensuun yliopisto|title=Kotiveräjältä maailman turuille: Kansalliset kasvatusaatteet Immi Hellénin runoissa|series=Joensuun yliopiston kasvatustieteellisiä julkaisuja|volume=35|degree=PhD}}
- Jyväskylän seminaari 1863–1937 (register). Valistus 1937.
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Category:20th-century Finnish women writers