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Antti Tuuri

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Antti Elias Tuuri (born 1 October 1944, Kauhava, Southern Ostrobothnia) is a Finnish writer, known for his works dealing with Southern Ostrobothnia. The Äitini-suku-series tells the stories of the Finns who immigrated to the United States. He received the J. H. Erkko Award in 1971 for Asioiden suhteet ja Lauantaina illalla, The Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1985 for Pohjanmaa, and the Finlandia Prize in 1997 for his novel Lakeuden kutsu. Tuuri has also translated some Icelandic sagas. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antti Tuuri is the 5,125th most popular writer (up from 5,188th in 2019), the 326th most popular biography from Finland (down from 304th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Finnish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Antti Tuuri ranks 5,125 out of 7,302. Before him are Osman Nuri Topbaş, Oğuz Atay, Antonio Gamoneda, Nikolai Klyuev, Ann Druyan, and René Boylesve. After him are Arvid August Afzelius, Constantin von Wurzbach, Stephen Spender, Beatriz Galindo, Candace Bushnell, and Joan Aiken.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Antti Tuuri ranks 520. Before him are Rita Mae Brown, Fatos Kongoli, Paul Keating, Alan Woods, Bobby Womack, and Monty Alexander. After him are Ramiro Blacut, Valmir Louruz, Guity Novin, Kay Ivey, Leonard Slatkin, and Roger Dean.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Antti Tuuri ranks 326 out of 751. Before him are Mirja Hietamies (1931), Toini Gustafsson (1938), Akilles Järvinen (1905), Laila Kinnunen (1939), Joonas Kokkonen (1921), and Siiri Rantanen (1924). After him are Eero Berg (1898), Eevi Huttunen (1922), Erkki Kataja (1924), Pauli Nevala (1940), Hermanni Pihlajamäki (1903), and Kjell Westö (1961).

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Among WRITERS In Finland

Among writers born in Finland, Antti Tuuri ranks 28. Before him are Lydia Chukovskaya (1907), Uma Aaltonen (1940), Adolf Ivar Arwidsson (1791), Rosa Liksom (1958), Tua Forsström (1947), and Märta Tikkanen (1935). After him are Kjell Westö (1961), Eeva-Liisa Manner (1921), Hannu Salama (1936), Leena Krohn (1947), Simo Puupponen (1915), and Arvi Pohjanpää (1887).

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