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Also known as Väinö Valtteri Linna, Vaino Linna

Finnish writer

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Väinö Linna was a Finnish writer and prose writer who wrote in Finnish. Born Väinö Valtteri Linna in Urjala on December 20, 1920, he participated in the Winter War, the Continuation War, and World War II, holding the rank of corporal. His literary career began in 1954. He is known for notable works including *The Unknown Soldier* and *Under the North Star*.

Linna received several awards, including the Kalevi Jäntti Award, the Nordic Council Literature Prize, the Jussi Awards, and the Aleksis Kivi Award. He was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He died of lung cancer on April 21, 1992, due to natural causes and is buried at Kalevankangas cemetery.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1920
Died
1992
Works
34

Top works

  • 普通士兵
  • 北极星下
  • Les gardes rouges de Tampere
  • The unknown soldier
  • Neizvestnyĭ soldat

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Film & TV

Urjala, Finland

Known for

  • The Dinosaur — Self (archive footage)2021
  • Memories of the President — Self1982
  • Kolmen kaupungin kasvot1962
  • Author of "Unknown Soldier", Väinö Linna — Self1955

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Key facts

Born
( 1920-12-20 ) 20 December 1920, Urjala , Finland
Died
21 April 1992 (1992-04-21) (aged 71), Tampere , Finland
Occupation
Author
Nationality
Finnish
Notable works
The Unknown Soldier , Under the North Star trilogy

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Valtteri
Gender
male
Citizenship
Finland
Place of birth
Urjala
Occupation
prose writer
Languages spoken
Finnish
Native language
Finnish
Military rank
Corporal
Image
Vaino Linna color.jpg
Work location
Tampere
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date of birth
1920-12-20
date of death
1992-04-21
Commons category
Väinö Linna
birth name
Väinö Valtteri Linna
manner of death
natural causes
cause of death
lung cancer
place of burial
Kalevankangas cemetery
medical condition
cerebral infarction
name in native language
Väinö Linna
start of work period
1954-00-00
writing language
Finnish
ethnic group
Finns
allegiance
Finland
Sources (2)

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Encyclopedic overview

Väinö Valtteri Linna ( pronounced [ˈʋæi̯nø ˈlinːɑ] ; 20 December 1920 – 21 April 1992) was a Finnish author and a former soldier who fought in the Continuation War (1941–44). Linna gained literary fame with his third novel, Tuntematon sotilas (The Unknown Soldier, published in 1954), and consolidated his position with the trilogy Täällä Pohjantähden alla (Under the North Star, published in 1959–1963 and translated into English by Richard Impola). Both have been adapted to a film format on several occasions; The Unknown Soldier was first adapted into a film in 1955 and Under the North Star in 1968 as Here, Beneath the North Star, both directed by Edvin Laine.

Biography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Väinö Linna” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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