Vuokko Hirvonen
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Vuokko Hirvonen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1955 (age 70–71) Ohcejohka, Finland |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Oulu |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Sámi Literature |
| Institutions | Sámi University |
Vuokko Hirvonen (born 1955) is an author and professor emeritus of Sámi literature and school research at Sámi University of Applied Sciences.[1] She has written extensively about Sámi women's literature and Sámi teacher education.
Hirvonen is a Finnish citizen and grew up in Ohcejohka, Finland. Her mother was Sámi and her father Finnish, and Finnish was the language used in her home and much of her education.[2] She earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Tampere in 1979 and worked with local youth in Utsjoki/Ohcejohka before returning to school to study Sámi language and literature at the University of Oulu and the University of Tromsø, earning her master's degree from University of Oulu in 1991. She started working at Sámi University in 1990 and was made an associated professor there in 1993.[3]
In 1999, she defended her doctoral dissertation on Sámi women's literature at the University of Oulu. Sámeeatnama jienat: Sápmelaš nissona bálggis girječállin / Saamenmaan ääniä: Saamelaisen naisen tie kirjailijaksi (Voices from Sápmi: Sámi Women's Path to Authorship) was published in both Northern Sámi and Finnish and is notable for being the first dissertation written in a Sámi language in Finland.[4]
