Anna-Maria Tallgren (1886–1949)

Anna-Maria Tallgren was born in Ruovesi, Finland to Ivar Markus Tallgren and Jenny Maria Montin. Her brother O.J. (Oiva Johannes) Tuulio became a linguist and professor, and another brother, A.M. (Aarne Michaël) Tallgren, became a professor of archaeology. After graduating from the Finnish Girls' School in 1906, she made study trips abroad to France , Italy and England. She worked as a literary editor for the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat in 1910-1925, as a member of the editorial board in 1913-1922 and at the State Literature Expert Board in 1918-1925. She was also a playwright at the Turku Theater in 1928-1929 and worked as an adviser to the National Theater in 1931-1935. She is remembered as a key influence on Finnish literature in the 1910s and 1920s.

After her marriage to Erkki Kaila, she used the surname Tallgren-Kaila.