Background
Elovaara, Raili Inkeri was born on January 3, 1937 in Helsinki. Daughter of Elias Malakias Elovaara and Toini Johanna Kauppinen.
Elovaara, Raili Inkeri was born on January 3, 1937 in Helsinki. Daughter of Elias Malakias Elovaara and Toini Johanna Kauppinen.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Helsinki, 1977.
Research, teaching assistant comparative literature and aesthetics University Helsinki, 1966—1992, professor comparative literature and aesthetics, 1978, 1984—1985, 1990, adjunct professor comparative literature, since 1985. Research fellow literature Academy Finland, Helsinki, 1980—1981, 1985, 1986—1987. Research, teaching assistant literature University Jyväskylä, 1992—1993, full professor Finnish literature, 1993—1998, professor emerita, since 1998.
Member of Finnish Society Aesthetics, Finnish Literature Research Society, Finnish Union University Professors.