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Born December 12, 1874 • Finland
Died June 13, 1939 (aged 64) • Turku • Finland
Notable Works “Alastalon salissa”
Tuomas Anhava
Finnish poet and translator
Sillanpää
Frans Eemil Sillanpää
Finnish author
Paavo Haavikko
Finnish author
Veijo Meri
Finnish author
Juhani Aho
Finnish author
Aleksis Kivi
Finnish author
Joel Lehtonen
Finnish author
Minna Canth
Minna Canth
Finnish author
Waltari
Mika Waltari
Finnish author
Linnankoski
Johannes Linnankoski
Finnish author
Eeva Liisa Manner
Finnish author
Elias Lönnrot
Finnish folklorist
Leino
Eino Leino
Finnish author
Topelius
Zacharias Topelius
Finnish author
Mary Hayley Bell
British author and actress
Jérôme Tharaud
French writer
Arthur Hailey
Canadian writer
Anzia Yezierska
American author
Charles Bernard Nordhoff
American author
Anna Bartlett Warner
American writer