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Arto Paasilinna
Arto Tapio Paasilinna was a Finnish writer, being a former journalist turned comic novelist. One of Finland's most successful novelists, he won a broad readership outside of Finland in a way few other Finnish authors have before. Translated into 27 languages, over seven million copies of his books have been sold worldwide, and he has been claimed as "instrumental in generating the current level of…
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Born 20 April 1942 · Died 15 October 2018 · Q211542
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2023· 2 entries
World Screen: International Literary Properties Acquires Arto Paasilinna’s Literary Estate
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2018· 5 entries
Yle: Arto Paasilinna summasi itse itsensä: "Kirjoissani olen sympaattinen, yksityiselämässäni aika piru"
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ksml.fi: Arto Paasilinna on kuollut – "Raha tehdään työllä eikä keinottelulla", linjasi kynällään vaurastunut kirjailija
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ksml.fi: Arto Paasilinna
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Died 2018-10-15.
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Paasilinna died on 15 October 2018 in a nursing home in Espoo.
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2011· 1 entry
Helsingin Sanomat: Arto Paasilinna, Ranskan kuningas
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2008· 2 entries
In 2008 and 2009, while still living in Espoo, Paasilinna was featured in Finnish tabloids for his incoherent behaviour, including reckless driving.
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And 2009, while still living in Espoo, Paasilinna was featured in Finnish tabloids for his incoherent behaviour, including reckless driving
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2002· 1 entry
For Paasilinna's 60th anniversary, journalist Eino Leino published a biography of Paasilinna called Lentojätkä
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2000· 1 entry
Paasilinna was included in the 6th edition of literary critic Pekka Tarkka(fi)'s dictionary Suomalaisia nykykirjailijoita ("Finnish Literary Authors", 1st ed
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1994· 1 entry
Awarded Giuseppe Acerbi literary prize (1994).
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1993· 1 entry
Won Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland (1993).
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1978· 1 entry
Awarded Jussi Award for Best Script for The Year of the Hare (1978).
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1975· 1 entry
At the age of 33, Paasilinna found journalism growing "more superficial and meaningless" and desired a change; that summer, he sold his boat to fund the writing of The Year of the Hare
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1942· 1 entry
Born 1942-04-20.
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1934· 1 entry
After a family conflict) and Hilda-Maria Paasilinna (born Niva)
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