[1] The couple had four children; the best known was their son, Martti Anhava (b.1955), a Finnish writer, translator and journalist.

He writes that her poetry "speaks for the family, the sensitive human being, and the private life from a mother's perspective.

"[3] He goes on to speculate that her work might reflect the childhood of a middle-class family whose life was terribly shaken by the events of World War II during the writer's "youthful years.

"[3] She published poetry collections, aphorisms, short stories, including Kun on nuorin (When one is youngest, 1985), hearing games and children's books.

[1] For the 1977 Finnish television film titled Climber, she was credited as an English language writer.