# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nils-aslak-valkeapaa
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:37:27.710Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nils-aslak-valkeapaa"
name: "Nils-Aslak Valkeapää"
slug: "nils-aslak-valkeapaa"
description: "Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, known as Áilu in the Northern Sámi language and with the stage name of Áillohaš, was a Finnish Sámi writer, musician and artist. He was one of the most internationally recognised contributors of Sámi culture. He was mostly known for his joiks and poems. He was the official provincial artist of Lapland from 1978 to 1983. He was given the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 1991 for his work called Beaivi, áhčážan."
tagline: "Northern Sámi writer, artist and musician (1943–2001)"
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gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1943-03-23"
deathDate: "2001-11-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 462
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump