Pentti Linkola
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Pentti Linkola was a Finnish philosopher, writer, ecologist, and ornithologist. Born Kaarlo Pentti Linkola in Helsinki on December 7, 1932, he was the son of Kaarlo Linkola. He wrote in Finnish and received the Eino Leino Prize. His notable works include *Voisiko elämä voittaa*, *Can Life Prevail?*, *Johdatus 1990-luvun ajatteluun*, *Kirjeitä Linkolan ohjelmasta*, and *Linkolan pamfletti*.
Linkola died in Sääksmäki on April 5, 2020. He lived and worked in Sääksmäki and Kuhmoinen. He was a male citizen of Finland.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Voisiko ëlämä voittaa
- Can Life Prevail?
- Johdatus 1990-luvun ajatteluun
- Kirjeitä Linkolan ohjelmasta
- Linkolan pamfletti
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Helsinki, Finland
Known for
- Politiikka-Suomi — Self2021
- Fisherman At His Nets: Fisherman Linkola — Himself1996
- Fisherman At His Nets: Linkola the Ornithologist — Himself1996
- Cry, Beloved Land — Himself1988
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Kaarlo Pentti Linkola , ( 1932-12-07 ) 7 December 1932, Helsinki , Finland
- Died
- 5 April 2020 (2020-04-05) (aged 87), Valkeakoski , Finland
- Subject
- Ornithology , environmentalism , nature , deep ecology
- Notable works
- Can Life Prevail?: A Revolutionary Approach to the Environmental Crisis (2011)
- Notable awards
- Eino Leino Prize , 1983
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Pentti
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Helsinki
- Place of death
- Sääksmäki
- Father
- Kaarlo Linkola
- Occupation
- essayist
- Languages spoken
- Finnish
- Native language
- Finnish
- Award
- Eino Leino Prize
- Official website
- www.penttilinkola.com
- Image
- Pentti Linkola 2.jpg
- Work location
- Kuhmoinen
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- Commons category
- Pentti Linkola
- date of birth
- 1932-12-07
- writing language
- Finnish
- date of death
- 2020-04-05
- name in native language
- Pentti Linkola
- birth name
- Kaarlo Pentti Linkola
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Encyclopedic overview
Kaarlo Pentti Linkola (7 December 1932 in Helsinki – 5 April 2020) was a prominent Finnish deep ecologist, ornithologist, polemicist, naturalist, writer, and fisherman. He wrote widely about his ideas and in Finland was a prominent thinker, and is linked by some authors to ecofascism and to authoritarian deep ecology. Linkola was a year-round fisherman from 1959 to 1995. He fished on Keitele, Päijänne and the Gulf of Finland, and since 1978 he fished on Vanajavesi.
Linkola blamed humans for the continuous degradation of the environment. He promoted rapid population decline to combat the problems commonly attributed to overpopulation. Linkola also defended an end to immigration, the reversion to pre-industrial life ways, and authoritarian measures to keep human life within strict limits.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pentti Linkola” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.