1921-1995 FI, Helsinki
Eeva-Liisa Manner (5 December 1921, Helsinki – 7 July 1995, Tampere), Finnish poet, playwright and translator. She was born in Helsinki but spent her youth in Vyborg (Viipuri). Manner started as a poet in 1944 (Mustaa ja punaista; "Black and Red"). From her breakthrough collection of poems, Tämä matka ("This Journey", 1956) she has been seen as one of the most influential modernists in postwar Finland.Her work has been translated to many European languages. Translation of Manners Selected Poems in English was published in 1997.