WRITER

Katri Vala

1901 - 1944

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Katri Vala (1901–1944) was a Finnish poet, critic, school teacher, and central member of the literary group Tulenkantajat (The Fire Bearers) with Olavi Paavolainen, Elina Vaara, Lauri Viljanen, Ilmari Pimiä, Viljo Kajava, and Yrjö Jylhä. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Katri Vala has received more than 24,848 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Katri Vala is the 5,732nd most popular writer (down from 5,307th in 2019), the 366th most popular biography from Finland (down from 332nd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Finnish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Katri Vala ranks 5,732 out of 7,302Before her are Lőrinc Szabó, Pauline Baynes, Kito Lorenc, James E. Gunn, David Mitchell, and Alan Ayckbourn. After her are José Manuel Caballero, Jack McDevitt, Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, Charles Williams, Can Dündar, and Robert Bly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Katri Vala ranks 297Before her are Ben Lyon, Felipe Molas López, Alexis Chantraine, Narve Bonna, Anna Kavan, and Inga Tidblad. After her are C. L. R. James, Richard Brauer, Aurora Mardiganian, Hans Drakenberg, Frank Buckles, and Al LeConey. Among people deceased in 1944, Katri Vala ranks 286Before her are Juliette Atkinson, Lev Shcherba, Eoin O'Duffy, Margaret Woodrow Wilson, Endre Steiner, and John Dill. After her are Octav Băncilă, Toni Merkens, Divna Veković, Józef Kałuża, Chandramukhi Basu, and Stephen Leacock.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Katri Vala ranks 366 out of 751Before her are Erkki Kataja (1924), Wivi Lönn (1872), Karita Mattila (1960), Kurt Wires (1919), Teodor Koskenniemi (1887), and Veli Lehtelä (1935). After her are Sami Vänskä (1976), Paavo Lonkila (1923), Leena Krohn (1947), Kaarlo Tuominen (1908), Aki Karvonen (1957), and Päivi Räsänen (1959).

Among WRITERS In Finland

Among writers born in Finland, Katri Vala ranks 32Before her are Antti Tuuri (1944), Sam Lake (1970), Tua Forsström (1947), Kjell Westö (1961), Uma Aaltonen (1940), and Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen (1830). After her are Leena Krohn (1947), Hannu Salama (1936), Monika Fagerholm (1961), Simo Puupponen (1915), Eeva-Liisa Manner (1921), and Matti Yrjänä Joensuu (1948).