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Pentti Linkola

1932 - 2020

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Kaarlo Pentti Linkola (7 December 1932 in Helsinki – 5 April 2020) was a prominent Finnish deep ecologist, ornithologist, polemicist, naturalist, writer, and fisherman. He wrote widely about his ideas and in Finland was a prominent thinker, and is linked by some authors to ecofascism and to authoritarian deep ecology. Linkola was a year-round fisherman from 1959 to 1995. He fished on Keitele, Päijänne and the Gulf of Finland, and since 1978 he fished on Vanajavesi. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pentti Linkola is the 2,819th most popular writer (down from 2,238th in 2019), the 123rd most popular biography from Finland (down from 96th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Finnish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pentti Linkola ranks 2,819 out of 7,302. Before him are Elio Vittorini, Koriun, Ibn Warraq, Frank McCourt, Nodira, and Colleen Hoover. After him are Juan Boscán Almogáver, Justus of Tiberias, Alice Schwarzer, Tullia d'Aragona, Édouard Chavannes, and Wipo of Burgundy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Pentti Linkola ranks 197. Before him are Alexander Kluge, Dabney Coleman, Ervin László, Saul Friedländer, On Kawara, and Karekin I. After him are Bob Pettit, Bruno S., Tom Robbins, Parry O'Brien, Jerry Unser Jr., and Bill Foulkes. Among people deceased in 2020, Pentti Linkola ranks 222. Before him are Alfred Körner, Armando Manzanero, Claude Bolling, Sonja Ziemann, Gene Deitch, and David Graeber. After him are Abderrahmane Youssoufi, Millie Small, José Bonaparte, McCoy Tyner, Jack Sherman, and Dyanne Thorne.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Pentti Linkola ranks 123 out of 751. Before him are Walter Jakobsson (1882), Eemil Nestor Setälä (1864), Sanna Marin (1985), Volmari Iso-Hollo (1907), Rauno Aaltonen (1938), and Anders Chydenius (1729). After him are Martti Miettunen (1907), Gunnar Höckert (1910), Jonni Myyrä (1892), Anneli Jäätteenmäki (1955), Kaarlo Castrén (1860), and Sami Hyypiä (1973).

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Among WRITERS In Finland

Among writers born in Finland, Pentti Linkola ranks 16. Before him are Väinö Linna (1920), Minna Canth (1844), Juhani Aho (1861), Fredrika Bremer (1801), Nils-Aslak Valkeapää (1943), and Bo Carpelan (1926). After him are Paavo Haavikko (1931), Johannes Linnankoski (1869), August Ahlqvist (1826), Sofi Oksanen (1977), Frans Michael Franzén (1772), and Lydia Chukovskaya (1907).

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