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WRITER

Frans Eemil Sillanpää

1888 - 1964

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Frans Eemil Sillanpää (pronounced [frɑns ˈeːmil ˈsilːɑmˌpæː] ; 16 September 1888 – 3 June 1964) was a Finnish author. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frans Eemil Sillanpää has received more than 148,459 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia. Frans Eemil Sillanpää is the 489th most popular writer (down from 472nd in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Finland (down from 9th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Finnish Writer.

Sillanpää is most famous for his novel "Seitsemän veljestä" (Seven Brothers), which was published in the 1930s.

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  • 72

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Frans Eemil Sillanpää ranks 489 out of 5,755Before him are Anthony Burgess, Baldassare Castiglione, Robert A. Heinlein, Gaston Leroux, Imadaddin Nasimi, and Alfred de Musset. After him are Robert Burns, Kurt Vonnegut, Milena Jesenská, Robert Walser, Charles, Duke of Orléans, and Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Frans Eemil Sillanpää ranks 23Before him are Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Friedrich Olbricht, C. V. Raman, Johannes Itten, Roland Garros, and F. W. Murnau. After him are Alexander Friedmann, Herbert Spencer Gasser, T. S. Eliot, Eugene O'Neill, Gerrit Rietveld, and Selman Waksman. Among people deceased in 1964, Frans Eemil Sillanpää ranks 14Before him are James Franck, Alma Mahler, Gerhard Domagk, Victor Francis Hess, Vasily Grossman, and Karl Polanyi. After him are Leo Szilard, Gerrit Rietveld, Giorgio Morandi, Palmiro Togliatti, Alexandre Koyré, and Otto Wille Kuusinen.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Frans Eemil Sillanpää ranks 11 out of 642Before him are Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867), Paavo Nurmi (1897), Sauli Niinistö (1948), Tarja Halonen (1943), Urho Kekkonen (1900), and Mika Waltari (1908). After him are Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870), Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832), Risto Ryti (1889), Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (1917), Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (1895), and Elias Lönnrot (1802).

Among WRITERS In Finland

Among writers born in Finland, Frans Eemil Sillanpää ranks 3Before him are Tove Jansson (1914) and Mika Waltari (1908). After him are Arto Paasilinna (1942), Mikael Agricola (1510), Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804), Aleksis Kivi (1834), Zachris Topelius (1818), Väinö Linna (1920), Eino Leino (1878), Minna Canth (1844), and Juhani Aho (1861).