Elli Köngäs-Maranda
Deceased Person
1932 – 1982
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Who was Elli Köngäs-Maranda?
Elli-Kaija Köngäs-Maranda was an internationally renowned anthropologist and feminist folklorist. She studied Finnish folklore at the University of Helsinki, and did her doctoral dissertation in 1963 at Indiana University.
Köngäs-Maranda was elected a Fellow of the American Folklore Society. The Society's Women's section inaugurated 1983 two prizes in her memory.
The Canadian anthropologist Pierre Maranda is her husband with whom she had two sons: the oldest is Erik and youngest is musician Nicolas Maranda.
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