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Sillanpää Frans Eemil
(1888–1964)

Finnish novelist. As a young man Sillanpää studied natural science at Helsinki and came under the influence of an artistic circle that included the composer Sibelius. He soon won acclaim with his short stories and his first novel, Life and Sun (1916). Meek Heritage (1919, tr. 1938) won him recognition as Finland’s foremost writer; it... More...

Finland, 1980, Frans Emil Sillanpaa

Palau, 2001, Frans Emil Sillanpaa

Paraguay, 1977, Medal of Nobel prize of Literature