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BIOGRAPHY Born in Vårdö , Åland , Sally Salminen was the eighth child of twelve. Already as a child she entertained notions of becoming an author, but she considered herself to be too poor and unknowledgeable to succeed as a writer. After her Confirmation , she worked in the village grocery store, until she moved to Stockholm , Sweden to work as a maid. During her tenure in Sweden she took correspondent courses and read books on her spare time. In 1930 Sally and her sister Aili moved to New York City , New York , United States . While in New York, she wrote during her spare time, and it was here she started writing the manuscript for her first (and most famous) novel, ''Katrina''. Finland-Swedish publisher Holger Schildts Förlag announced in 1936 a writing contest, for which Salminen submitted her manuscript. Her submission won, and ''Katrina'' was published the same year. The novel depicts the life of an Ostrobothnian woman, Katrina, who moves to Åland following her marriage. ''Katrina'' became an international success, eventually being translated into more than twenty languages. Sally Salminen married Danish painter Johannes Dürhkopf in 1940 , and relocated to Denmark. Salminen remained a prolific writer, but she was never able to replicate the success of her debut novel, ''Katrina''. Besides ''Katrina'', ''Prins Efflam'' (1953) and ''Vid Havet'' (1963) are considered her most notable works. BIBLIOGRAPHY Novels
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