Jukka Itkonen

Born on October 7th, 1951 in Varkaus, Finland. Died on December 13th, 2021 in Helsinki, Finland. A Finnish award winning author, who has written poetry, children's stories, short stories, plays for theatre, television and radio. He is also known as a translator of children's literature. He has also illustrated books and designed book covers. Itkonen wrote over 1000 lyrics for different artists, and was a founding member of the group Z.Z. Topelius, that plays music for children.