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Leena Krohn

1947 - Today

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Leena Krohn (born 28 February 1947, in Helsinki) is a Finnish author. Her large and varied body of work includes novels, short stories, children's books, and essays. In her books she deals with topics that include humans' relationships with themselves and the world, morality, borders between reality and illusion, and the problem of life, especially through observing different kinds of artificial intelligence. Krohn has received several prizes, including the Finlandia Prize for literature in 1992. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leena Krohn is the 5,745th most popular writer (up from 5,760th in 2019), the 379th most popular biography from Finland (down from 369th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Finnish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Leena Krohn ranks 5,745 out of 7,302. Before her are Timur Vermes, Dominique Bona, János Batsányi, Michael Parenti, Júlia Lopes de Almeida, and Raffaele La Capria. After her are Martín Luis Guzmán, Rói Patursson, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Robert E. Sherwood, Roma Ryan, and Michael Shermer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Leena Krohn ranks 686. Before her are Paulo de Carvalho, Boris Gulko, Wayne Allwine, Robert Service, Glenn Cornick, and Frank Shorter. After her are Rói Patursson, Finn Kalvik, Carlos Mendes, Theodore Katsanevas, Majgull Axelsson, and Ian Millar.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Leena Krohn ranks 379 out of 751. Before her are Toimi Alatalo (1929), Miina Sillanpää (1866), Eeva Ruoppa (1932), Hannu Salama (1936), Kaarlo Tuominen (1908), and Niilo Halonen (1940). After her are Lucina Hagman (1863), Toni Nieminen (1975), Arvo Viitanen (1924), Timo Soini (1962), Käärijä (1993), and Jalmari Eskola (1886).

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Among WRITERS In Finland

Among writers born in Finland, Leena Krohn ranks 32. Before her are Tua Forsström (1947), Märta Tikkanen (1935), Antti Tuuri (1944), Kjell Westö (1961), Eeva-Liisa Manner (1921), and Hannu Salama (1936). After her are Simo Puupponen (1915), Arvi Pohjanpää (1887), Katri Vala (1901), Monika Fagerholm (1961), Kari Hotakainen (1957), and Sam Lake (1970).

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