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Olavi Paavolainen

1903 - 1964

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Olavi Paavolainen (17 September 1903 – 19 July 1964) was a Finnish writer, essayist and poet. He was one of the prominent figures of the literary group Tulenkantajat (″The Flame Bearers″), and one of the most influential Finnish writers of the inter-war period. Paavolainen started his poetry career in the literary magazine Nuori Voima. Paavolainen was interested in Fascism and National Socialism, but after the World War II he turned to the political left. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Olavi Paavolainen is the 5,827th most popular writer (down from 5,636th in 2019), the 2,216th most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,144th in 2019) and the 258th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Olavi Paavolainen ranks 5,827 out of 7,302. Before him are Miquel-Lluís Muntané, Vjenceslav Novak, Markus Zusak, Oktay Rıfat Horozcu, Margaret Mahy, and Derrick Jensen. After him are Jurga Ivanauskaitė, Kay Redfield Jamison, José Santos Chocano, Anita Desai, Curt Siodmak, and Goffredo Parise.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Olavi Paavolainen ranks 319. Before him are Niní Marshall, Vernon Duke, Harold Whitlock, Ella Baker, Yuli Raizman, and Clare Boothe Luce. After him are Guy Simonds, Warren Kealoha, Helena Nordheim, Edgar Bergen, Kazimierz Kordylewski, and Andrei Fayt. Among people deceased in 1964, Olavi Paavolainen ranks 184. Before him are Jack Teagarden, Fred Tootell, Robert Warwick, Guru Dutt, C. J. Hambro, and Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek. After him are Adele Goldstine, Lars Christensen, Charles Bouvier, Edward Van Sloan, Johnny Burnette, and Ernest Hamilton.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Olavi Paavolainen ranks 2,216 out of 3,761. Before him are Dmitry Nazarov (1957), Vyacheslav Starshinov (1940), Leonid Shamkovich (1923), Nikolai Budarin (1953), Yuli Raizman (1903), and Anatoliy Serdyukov (1962). After him are Aleksei Paramonov (1925), Vladimir Astapovsky (1946), Irina Levitina (1954), Boris Razinsky (1933), Andrei Panin (1962), and Ivan Fomin (1872).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Olavi Paavolainen ranks 258. Before him are Ivan Dmitriev (1760), Darya Dontsova (1952), Yuri Samarin (1819), Vasily Belov (1932), Majit Gafuri (1880), and Semyon Nadson (1862). After him are Vladislav Krapivin (1938), Algis Budrys (1931), Yakov Polonsky (1819), Nikolai Aseev (1889), Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin (1817), and Fedor Samokhin (1918).

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