WRITER

Olavi Paavolainen

1903 - 1964

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Olavi Paavolainen (17 September 1903 – 19 July 1964) was a Finnish writer, essayist and poet. He was one of the prominent figures of the literary group Tulenkantajat (″The Flame Bearers″), and one of the most influential Finnish writers of the inter-war period. Paavolainen started his poetry career in the literary magazine Nuori Voima. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olavi Paavolainen has received more than 18,490 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Olavi Paavolainen is the 5,636th most popular writer (down from 5,274th in 2019), the 2,143rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,951st in 2019) and the 259th most popular Russian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 18k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Synkkä yksinpuhelu
Diaries, Finnish Personal narratives, World War, 1939-1945
1946
Taistelu Aunuksesta
History, World War, 1939-1945, Biography
2011
Lähtö ja loitsu
Biography, Travelers, Voyages and travels
1978
Kolmannen Valtakunnan vieraana
National socialism
1961
Karjala
Description and travel, Karelia (Russia), Views
1940
Karjala, muistojen maa
Description and travel, Views, Pictorial works
1965

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Olavi Paavolainen ranks 5,636 out of 7,302. Before him are Christoph Hein, Juana Manuela Gorriti, Anna Louisa Karsch, André Dhôtel, Wolfgang Hohlbein, and Stephen Spender. After him are Karin Slaughter, Jerry Falwell, Masih Alinejad, Eugène Dabit, Zitkala-Sa, and Edwin Arlington Robinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Olavi Paavolainen ranks 296. Before him are Kenneth Clark, Mikhail Svetlov, Léon-Étienne Duval, Malcolm Muggeridge, Howard P. Robertson, and Marshall Harvey Stone. After him are Ruth Svedberg, Hermanni Pihlajamäki, Lucien Michard, Josef Maleček, M. King Hubbert, and Juan Aguilera. Among people deceased in 1964, Olavi Paavolainen ranks 175. Before him are Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Carlos Hevia, Carlos Quintanilla, Ville Pörhölä, Mikhail Svetlov, and Johnny Burnette. After him are Eberardo Villalobos, José María Belauste, Paul Weinstein, Ernest Hamilton, Per Nilsson, and Luciano Savorini.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Olavi Paavolainen ranks 2,143 out of 3,761. Before him are Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky (1900), Igor Dmitriev (1927), Jorma Valkama (1928), Vladimir Kara-Murza (1981), Alexei Kasatonov (1959), and Igor Starygin (1946). After him are Boris Piotrovsky (1908), Albert Coates (1882), Lyudmila Andonova (1960), Vera Maretskaya (1906), Semyon Nadson (1862), and Igor Maslennikov (1931).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Olavi Paavolainen ranks 259. Before him are Lev Kassil (1905), Vladislav Krapivin (1938), Evgeny Sveshnikov (1950), Ğäliäsğar Kamal (1879), Vladimir Bogomolov (1924), and Alexander Amfiteatrov (1862). After him are Semyon Nadson (1862), Yuri Samarin (1819), Yakov Polonsky (1819), Ivan Dmitriev (1760), Lev Mei (1822), and Dmitri Prigov (1940).

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