WRITER

Arto Paasilinna

1942 - 2018

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Arto Tapio Paasilinna (Finnish: [ˈɑrto ˈpɑːsiˌlinːɑ], approximately AR-toh PAH-see-LIN-nah; 20 April 1942 – 15 October 2018) was a Finnish writer, being a former journalist turned comic novelist. One of Finland's most successful novelists, he won a broad readership outside of Finland in a way few other Finnish authors have before. Translated into 27 languages, over seven million copies of his books have been sold worldwide, and he has been claimed as "instrumental in generating the current level of interest in books from Finland". Paasilinna is mostly known for his 1975 novel The Year of the Hare (Jäniksen vuosi), a bestseller in France and Finland, translated into 18 languages, awarded three international prizes, and adapted twice into feature films: a 1977 Finnish film directed by Risto Jarva called The Year of the Hare, and a 2006 French film directed by Marc Rivière called Le Lièvre de Vatanen. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arto Paasilinna is the 761st most popular writer (down from 701st in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Finland (down from 23rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Finnish Writer.

Arto Paasilinna is most famous for his novel "The Year of the Hare."

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Arto Paasilinna ranks 761 out of 7,302. Before him are Hugo Ball, Cao Xueqin, Ibn Hawqal, Theognis of Megara, Dio Chrysostom, and Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur. After him are Maurus Servius Honoratus, Harry Mulisch, V. S. Naipaul, Charles Maurras, Neal Cassady, and Bernhard Schlink.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Arto Paasilinna ranks 69. Before him are Michael Bloomberg, Stanley B. Prusiner, Manuel Castells, Giacomo Agostini, Jacob Zuma, and Sandro Mazzola. After him are Neil Kinnock, Emmerson Mnangagwa, Vladimír Mečiar, Tobin Bell, Robert H. Grubbs, and Hissène Habré. Among people deceased in 2018, Arto Paasilinna ranks 45. Before him are Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Thomas A. Steitz, John Gavin, Aaron Klug, Burt Reynolds, and Sondra Locke. After him are V. S. Naipaul, Leon M. Lederman, Charles K. Kao, Bernard Lewis, Paul Allen, and Jamal Khashoggi.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Arto Paasilinna ranks 25 out of 751. Before him are Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861), Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865), Aki Kaurismäki (1957), Mikael Agricola (1510), Vissarion Belinsky (1811), and Mauno Koivisto (1923). After him are Kyösti Kallio (1873), Helene Schjerfbeck (1862), Linus Torvalds (1969), Lars Ahlfors (1907), Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (1865), and George Gaynes (1917).

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Among WRITERS In Finland

Among writers born in Finland, Arto Paasilinna ranks 5. Before him are Tove Jansson (1914), Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888), Mika Waltari (1908), and Mikael Agricola (1510). After him are Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804), Aleksis Kivi (1834), Zachris Topelius (1818), Eino Leino (1878), Väinö Linna (1920), Minna Canth (1844), and Juhani Aho (1861).

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