Heli Laaksonen

Heli Pauliina Laaksonen (born 28 September 1972 in Turku) is a Finnish poet.[1][2][3]

Laaksonen in 2016

She has a MA degree from the University of Turku.[1]

She writes poetry in the dialect of south-western Finland, and performs her poetry on tours. She was said in 2011 to be "Finland's best-selling poet" and "at the moment the only Finnish poet who can survive on the proceeds of her poetry without financial assistance". It is said that the majority of her readers and listeners are "women who have reached retirement age".[3]

She contributed a translation to the book Intiimejä avaruuksia : XXV skotlantilaista runoa 1978-2002 (Intimate Expanses: XXV Scottish Poems 1978-2002), a collection of Scottish poems translated into Finnish, published in 2006 by Finnish publisher Like (ISBN 9524718677), the original having been published in 2004 by Carcanet Press and the Scottish Poetry Library (ISBN 9781857547955).[4][5]