Inger-Mari Aikio
Inger-Mari Aikio (prev. Inger-Mari Aikio-Arianaick; born 1961 in Utsjoki, Finland) is a Finnish Sámi poet who writes in Northern Sámi. In addition to writing poetry, she has worked as a reporter, photographer and proofreader for the newspaper Sámi Áigi from 1982 to 1988, after which she went to work as a news journalist for YLE Sámi Radio.
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Inger-Mari Aikio
- Name
- Inger-Mari Aikio
- Born
- 1961
- Birthplace
- Utsjoki, Finland
- Education
- University of Oulu
- Occupation
- poet
- Nationality
- Finland
- Honours
- Finnish State Prize for Children's Culture · Skábmagovat Prize
- Languages
- Finnish · Northern Sami
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Inger-Mari Aikio (prev. Inger-Mari Aikio-Arianaick; born 1961 in Utsjoki, Finland) is a Finnish Sámi poet who writes in Northern Sámi. In addition to writing poetry, she has worked as a reporter, photographer and proofreader for the newspaper Sámi Áigi from 1982 to 1988, after which she went to work as a news journalist for YLE Sámi Radio.
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• Name — Inger-Mari Aikio • Born — 1961 • Birthplace — Utsjoki, Finland • Education — University of Oulu • Occupation — poet
Biography
Biography
After graduating from high school in 1980, Aikio studied languages at the University of Oulu. In 1992, she passed the official translator exams from Northern Sámi to Finnish and from Finnish to Northern Sámi. Aikio has also published seven collections of poetry and children's books. Her poems have been translated in English, German, Finnish, Swedish, Hungarian.
Works
Works
• Gollebiekkat almmi dievva (1989) • Jiehki vuolde ruonas giđđa (1993) • Silkeguobbara lákca (1995) • Máilmmis dása (2001) • 69 čuoldda (2018) *
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Inger-Mari Aikio is recorded as having received Finnish State Prize for Children's Culture and Skábmagovat Prize. The authorities additionally record the headings Ima Aikio-Arianaick, Ima and Inger-Mari Aikio-Arianaick.
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1961
Inger-Mari Aikio was born in 1961 at Utsjoki.
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In 2013, Inger-Mari Aikio won the Skábmagovat Prize, an indigenous film award to honor the significant, long-term contributions she has made to the Sámi culture and communities. Two years later, she was awarded the Finnish State Prize for Children's Culture.
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- 1.Worte verschwinden / fliegen / zum blauen Licht : Samische Lyrik von Joik bis Rap. Johanna Domokos, Christine Schlosser, Michael Rießler. 2019. 978-3-9816835-3-0.
- 2., bei finnlandcool
- 3.20141006094056. IMA Inger-Mari Aikio-Arianaick , bei [[Finnland-Institut in Deutschland. 2024-05-05.
- 4.Marten Hahn: Samische Vorzeigedichterin, Interview, bei Deutschlandradio Kultur, 15. September 2014
- 5.Interview mit Inger-Mari Aikio-Arianaick, mit englischen Untertiteln, youtube.com, Skabmagovat Filmfestival 2013
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