Inger-Mari Aikio (prev. Inger-Mari Aikio-Arianaick; born 1961 in Utsjoki, Finland) is a Sámi poet who writes in Northern Sámi.[1] 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.[citation needed]
Inger-Mari Aikio | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1961 (age 62–63) |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Education | University of Oulu |
| Occupation | poet |
Biography
After graduating from high school in 1980, Aikio studied languages at the University of Oulu.[citation needed] In 1992, she passed the official translator exams from Northern Sámi to Finnish and from Finnish to Northern Sámi.[citation needed]
Aikio has also published seven collections of poetry and children's books.[2] Her poems have been translated in English, German, Finnish, Swedish, Hungarian.
Awards
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.[3] Two years later, she was awarded the Finnish State Prize for Children's Culture.[4]
Works
- Gollebiekkat almmi dievva (1989)
- Jiehki vuolde ruonas giđđa (1993)
- Silkeguobbara lákca (1995)
- Máilmmis dása (2001)
- 69 čuoldda (2018)
- Various authors (2023). Jarquín, Carlos Javier (ed.). Canto planetario: hermandad en la Tierra. Costa Rica: HC Editores. ISBN 979-8850092115.