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Eino Leino

1878 - 1926

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Eino Leino (born Armas Einar Leopold Lönnbohm; 6 July 1878 – 10 January 1926) was a Finnish poet and journalist who is considered one of the pioneers of Finnish poetry and a national poet of Finland. His poems combine modern and Finnish folk elements. Much of his work is in the style of the Kalevala and folk songs in general. Nature, love, and despair are frequent themes in Leino's work. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eino Leino is the 1,662nd most popular writer (down from 1,575th in 2019), the 65th most popular biography from Finland (down from 59th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Finnish Writer.

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Among writers, Eino Leino ranks 1,662 out of 7,302. Before him are Adèle Hugo, José Maria de Eça de Queirós, E. Howard Hunt, Bartolomeo Platina, Avraham Stern, and Margherita Sarfatti. After him are Thomas Keneally, György Konrád, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Jean Bodel, André Pieyre de Mandiargues, and André Brink.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Eino Leino ranks 59. Before him are Slavko Kvaternik, Boris Kustodiev, Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, Mahmud Barzanji, Richard Sheldon, and Hattie Wyatt Caraway. After him are Paul Troost, James Oliver Curwood, Angelica Balabanoff, Louis Camille Maillard, Herbert Chapman, and Yosano Akiko. Among people deceased in 1926, Eino Leino ranks 38. Before him are Knut Wicksell, Ellen Key, Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Victor, Prince Napoléon, Alphonse Borrelly, and Théo van Rysselberghe. After him are Edwin Abbott Abbott, Robert Todd Lincoln, Maria Letizia Bonaparte, Duchess of Aosta, Ivana Kobilca, Émile Coué, and Nikolay Chkheidze.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Eino Leino ranks 65 out of 751. Before him are Georg Henrik von Wright (1916), Aimo Cajander (1879), Tarja Turunen (1977), Fredrik Idestam (1838), Tom of Finland (1920), and Lasse Virén (1949). After him are Ville Ritola (1896), Eero Saarinen (1910), Leif Segerstam (1944), Väinö Linna (1920), Tapio Wirkkala (1915), and Minna Canth (1844).

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Among WRITERS In Finland

Among writers born in Finland, Eino Leino ranks 9. Before him are Mika Waltari (1908), Mikael Agricola (1510), Arto Paasilinna (1942), Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804), Aleksis Kivi (1834), and Zachris Topelius (1818). After him are Väinö Linna (1920), Minna Canth (1844), Juhani Aho (1861), Fredrika Bremer (1801), Nils-Aslak Valkeapää (1943), and Bo Carpelan (1926).

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