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Matti Yrjänä Joensuu

1948 - 2011

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Matti Yrjänä Joensuu (31 October 1948– 4 December 2011) was a Finnish writer of crime fiction. He has been awarded the State's Literature Prize (1982), Vuoden johtolanka prize (1985, 1994, 2004), and he has been nominated for two Finlandias. He received the Martin Beck Award in 1987. The protagonist of Joensuu's novels, the senior constable Timo Harjunpää, is a sympathetic character who is equally human about the criminals he encounters in his work as his family. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Matti Yrjänä Joensuu is the 6,280th most popular writer (down from 6,262nd in 2024), the 434th most popular biography from Finland (down from 431st in 2019) and the 39th most popular Finnish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu ranks 6,280 out of 7,302. Before him are Robert B. Sherman, Margaret Drabble, John Seigenthaler, Sarah Winnemucca, Stephen Glass, and Ágnes Nemes Nagy. After him are Brené Brown, Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi, Henry Vaughan, Margaret Oliphant, Charlotte Link, and Ruskin Bond.

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Among people born in 1948, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu ranks 669. Before him are Lewis Black, Radojka Šverko, Anders Wejryd, Eliud Williams, Mikheil Korkia, and Andy Fairweather Low. After him are Sherry Turkle, Ana Palacio, Bernhard Lehmann, Takashi Kuwahara, Vladimir Shadrin, and Mimi Kennedy. Among people deceased in 2011, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu ranks 437. Before him are Zbigniew Jaremski, Shrilal Shukla, Pavol Demitra, Mike Starr, Jet Harris, and Betty Garrett. After him are David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Ryan Dunn, Vittorio Arrigoni, Pauline Betz, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, and Peter Schamoni.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu ranks 434 out of 751. Before him are Bruno Ahlberg (1911), Sari Essayah (1967), Kaisa Mäkäräinen (1983), Markku Kanerva (1964), Tony Halme (1963), and Heidi Hautala (1955). After him are Seija Simola (1944), Jari-Matti Latvala (1985), Linde Lindström (1976), Ville Virtanen (1961), Erkki Liikanen (1950), and Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen (1830).

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Among WRITERS In Finland

Among writers born in Finland, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu ranks 39. Before him are Simo Puupponen (1915), Arvi Pohjanpää (1887), Katri Vala (1901), Monika Fagerholm (1961), Kari Hotakainen (1957), and Sam Lake (1970). After him are Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen (1830), Johanna Sinisalo (1958), Leena Lehtolainen (1964), Asko Parpola (1941), Jenni Haukio (1977), and Jessikka Aro (1980).

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