Prolific Finnish writer, best known for "The Egyptian" and other historical novels. Waltari's works have been translated into more than 30 languages.
A pioneer of Finnish modernist literature. Kilpi's major novel "Alastalon salissa" has been compared to the works of Proust and Joyce.
Poet, bohemian and journalist. Leino was one of the leading Finnish writers of the early 20th century and is now probably Finland's most cited poet.
Best-selling author of the autobiographical "Iijoki" series.
Novelist and short-story writer whose anti-militaristic and leftist views in the 1920s and 1930s were received with milder enthusiasm by leading right wing critics.
Poet, pioneer of modernism in literature in Finland.
Brief biography of the author, introductions to his historical novels set in the ancient world and newspaper reviews.
Excerpts from his humorous short stories.
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