Meriluoto was born in Pieksämäki, and published her first collection of poems, Lasimaalaus in age of 22.

The next collection, Portaat, came five years later, and there Meriluoto had found her own modern style of expression.

In 1974 she moved back to Finland, and the language of her poetry changed again to more close to a talking voice.

[2] In addition to poems, Meriluoto wrote novels, and books for young people.

[2] She has translated works by Harry Martinson, Rainer Maria Rilke, Shakespeare and Goethe.