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Linna, Väinö

LC control no.n 79036939
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPH355.L5
Personal name headingLinna, Väinö
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Other standard no.nm0513028
Associated countryFinland
Birth date1920-12-20
Death date1992-04-21
Place of birthUrjala (Finland)
Place of deathTampere (Finland)
Field of activityFiction Poetry Motion picture authorship Motion picture plays
Novels Poetry Screenplays
Profession or occupationNovelists, Finnish Poets, Finnish Screenwriters
Found inThe unknown soldier, 1957.
Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02 (b. 1920)
Tuntematon sotilas, 2005?: credits (Väinö Linna)
Wikipedia, February 26, 2018 (Väinö Linna (20 December 1920 - 21 April 1992); Finnish author; born in Urjala in the Pirkanmaa region; moved to Tampere in 1938; first two novels sold poorly; he also wrote poetry but did not enjoy success with that either. Not until the release of The Unknown Soldier (1954) did he rise to fame; in 1964, he moved back to Tampere)
IMDb, February 26, 2018 (Väinö Linna; born on December 20, 1920 in Urjala, Finland; he was a writer; died on April 21, 1992 in Tampere, Finland)
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Associated languagefin