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Elias Lönnrot

Finnish folklorist

Sillanpää

Frans Eemil Sillanpää

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Eeva Liisa Manner

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Juhani Aho

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Leino

Eino Leino

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Paavo Haavikko

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Veijo Meri

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Aleksis Kivi

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Joel Lehtonen

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Minna Canth

Minna Canth

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Tuomas Anhava

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Waltari

Mika Waltari

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Volter Kilpi

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Linnankoski

Johannes Linnankoski

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4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

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