Väinö Linna

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Väinö Linna was a Finnish author best known for his influential novels about World War II and Finnish society, particularly "The Unknown Soldier" and the "Under the North Star" trilogy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Finnish writer
human
awardReceived Nordic Council Literature Prize NERFINISHED
Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland NERFINISHED
burialPlace Tampereen Kalevankangas cemetery NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath heart disease
countryOfCitizenship Finland
dateOfBirth 1920-12-20
dateOfDeath 1992-04-21
educatedAt folk school in Urjala
employer Finlayson NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Finns NERFINISHED
familyName Linna NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork literature
social commentary
war literature
genre historical novel
social realism
war novel
givenName Väinö NERFINISHED
hasOccupation factory worker
hasPart Under the North Star, Part 1 NERFINISHED
Under the North Star, Part 2 NERFINISHED
Under the North Star, Part 3 NERFINISHED
influenced Finnish literature
influencedBy Finnish wartime experiences
languageOfWorkOrName Finnish
militaryBranch Finnish Army NERFINISHED
movement realism
name Väinö Linna NERFINISHED
notableFor depictions of Finnish class society
depictions of Finnish soldiers in World War II
notableWork The Unknown Soldier NERFINISHED
The Unknown Soldier (1954 novel) NERFINISHED
Tuntematon sotilas NERFINISHED
Täällä Pohjantähden alla NERFINISHED
Under the North Star NERFINISHED
Under the North Star trilogy (1959–1962) NERFINISHED
occupation novelist
writer
participantIn Continuation War NERFINISHED
World War II
placeOfBirth Urjala NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Tampere NERFINISHED
residence Tampere NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
spouse Kirsti Linna NERFINISHED
subjectOf film adaptations of The Unknown Soldier
workLocation Tampere NERFINISHED

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Väinö hasNotableBearer Väinö Linna