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Johannes Linnankoski

1869 - 1913

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Johannes Linnankoski (originally Vihtori Johan Peltonen, 18 October 1869 – 10 August 1913) was a Finnish author and playwright, who mainly influenced writing in the Golden Age of Finnish Art. His most famous work is the romance novel, The Song of the Blood-Red Flower (1905). His primary themes were guilt, punishment, and redemption as moral questions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johannes Linnankoski is the 4,103rd most popular writer (down from 3,741st in 2019), the 222nd most popular biography from Finland (down from 168th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Finnish Writer.

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Among writers, Johannes Linnankoski ranks 4,103 out of 7,302. Before him are Louis Bromfield, Corinna, Olaf Bull, Don Miguel Ruiz, Tsubouchi Shōyō, and Simon Vestdijk. After him are Judith Gautier, Misuzu Kaneko, Iraj Mirza, August Ahlqvist, Pashko Vasa, and Moritz Steinschneider.

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Among people born in 1869, Johannes Linnankoski ranks 112. Before him are Albert Kahn, Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiến Phúc, Marcel Cachin, Aleš Hrdlička, and Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster. After him are Armas Järnefelt, Sergey Chaplygin, Ivan Aguéli, Daniel Salamanca Urey, Alice Hamilton, and Kálmán Kandó. Among people deceased in 1913, Johannes Linnankoski ranks 71. Before him are Étienne Laspeyres, Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Hugo Winckler, Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line, Louis Hémon, and Walter Rutherford. After him are Camille Lemonnier, Segismundo Moret, Juhan Liiv, Nicolás de Piérola, Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, and Adolf Lang.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Johannes Linnankoski ranks 222 out of 751. Before him are Antti Hyvärinen (1932), Ahti Karjalainen (1923), Armas Toivonen (1899), Kalevi Aho (1949), Arvo Aaltonen (1892), and Arvo Askola (1909). After him are Fanny Churberg (1845), August Ahlqvist (1826), Magnus Lindberg (1958), Helena Westermarck (1857), Maria Wiik (1853), and Harald Öhquist (1891).

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Among WRITERS In Finland

Among writers born in Finland, Johannes Linnankoski ranks 18. Before him are Juhani Aho (1861), Fredrika Bremer (1801), Nils-Aslak Valkeapää (1943), Bo Carpelan (1926), Pentti Linkola (1932), and Paavo Haavikko (1931). After him are August Ahlqvist (1826), Sofi Oksanen (1977), Frans Michael Franzén (1772), Lydia Chukovskaya (1907), Uma Aaltonen (1940), and Adolf Ivar Arwidsson (1791).

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