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Väinö Linna

1920 - 1992

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Väinö Linna (pronounced [ˈʋæi̯nø ˈlinːɑ] ; 20 December 1920 – 21 April 1992) was a Finnish author and a former soldier who fought in the Continuation War (1941–44). Linna gained literary fame with his third novel, Tuntematon sotilas (The Unknown Soldier, published in 1954), and consolidated his position with the trilogy Täällä Pohjantähden alla (Under the North Star, published in 1959–1963 and translated into English by Richard Impola). Both have been adapted to a film format on several occasions; The Unknown Soldier was first adapted into a film in 1955 and Under the North Star in 1968 as Here, Beneath the North Star, both directed by Edvin Laine. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Väinö Linna is the 1,715th most popular writer (up from 1,778th in 2019), the 69th most popular biography from Finland (down from 64th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Finnish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Väinö Linna ranks 1,715 out of 7,302. Before him are Chico Xavier, Denis Fonvizin, Rafael Sabatini, Patricia Cornwell, Robert Harris, and Jurji Zaydan. After him are Eleanor Hibbert, Giorgio Bassani, Frederic W. H. Myers, Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza, Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, and Camilla Läckberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Väinö Linna ranks 108. Before him are Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy, Vilém Flusser, Hans Blumenberg, Tom of Finland, Victor Turner, and Bruno Maderna. After him are Peggy Lee, Marlen Haushofer, Don Taylor, Guido Cantelli, Ignatius IV of Antioch, and Heinz Hitler. Among people deceased in 1992, Väinö Linna ranks 72. Before him are Banine, Amjad Khan, Albert Pierrepoint, Lina Bo Bardi, Gavriil Ilizarov, and Koča Popović. After him are Jânio Quadros, Albert King, Isidro Lángara, Muhammad Asad, Frederick William Franz, and Dick York.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Väinö Linna ranks 69 out of 751. Before him are Tom of Finland (1920), Lasse Virén (1949), Eino Leino (1878), Ville Ritola (1896), Eero Saarinen (1910), and Leif Segerstam (1944). After him are Tapio Wirkkala (1915), Minna Canth (1844), Petteri Orpo (1969), Jaakko Hintikka (1929), Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt (1757), and Matthias Castrén (1813).

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Among WRITERS In Finland

Among writers born in Finland, Väinö Linna ranks 10. Before him are Mikael Agricola (1510), Arto Paasilinna (1942), Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804), Aleksis Kivi (1834), Zachris Topelius (1818), and Eino Leino (1878). After him are Minna Canth (1844), Juhani Aho (1861), Fredrika Bremer (1801), Nils-Aslak Valkeapää (1943), Bo Carpelan (1926), and Pentti Linkola (1932).

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