WRITER

Simo Puupponen

1915 - 1967

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Simo Tapio Puupponen (23 October 1915 – 11 October 1967), better known by the pen name Aapeli, was a Finnish writer and novelist. Aapeli was born in Kuopio, and became a journalist for the Pohjois-Savo and Savon Sanomat newspapers. In 1959 Aapeli won the Eino Leino Prize and the State literature prize. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simo Puupponen has received more than 12,305 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Simo Puupponen is the 5,973rd most popular writer (down from 5,462nd in 2019), the 388th most popular biography from Finland (down from 350th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Finnish Writer.

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  • 44.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Simo Puupponen ranks 5,973 out of 7,302. Before him are Rói Patursson, Winston Churchill, Walter Lord, Teréz Karacs, Luisa Valenzuela, and Kay Redfield Jamison. After him are Farley Mowat, Michael Parenti, Albert Sánchez Piñol, Tom Brokaw, Svetlana Makarovič, and Edmund Gosse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Simo Puupponen ranks 250. Before him are Bruno Boni, Hellmuth Marx, Hanka Bielicka, Godfrey Brown, Mady Rahl, and Heinrich Albertz. After him are Khushwant Singh, Dan Dailey, Brian Shawe-Taylor, Siegfried Purner, Dorothy Poynton-Hill, and Ödön Gróf. Among people deceased in 1967, Simo Puupponen ranks 250. Before him are Cezaria Jędrzejewiczowa, Octacílio, John Masefield, Sigurd Moen, Harald Julin, and Vladimir Sukachev. After him are Nikolay Okhlopkov, Richard Meinertzhagen, Malcolm Sargent, Edward Givens, Romildo Etcheverry, and Reginald Denny.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Simo Puupponen ranks 388 out of 751. Before him are Eero Kolehmainen (1918), Toimi Alatalo (1929), Matti Lähde (1911), Tony Kakko (1975), Monika Fagerholm (1961), and Santeri Alkio (1862). After him are Lucina Hagman (1863), Johan Sigfrid Sirén (1889), Väinö Siikaniemi (1887), Hjalmar Mellin (1854), Edvin Laine (1905), and Helena Takalo (1947).

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Among WRITERS In Finland

Among writers born in Finland, Simo Puupponen ranks 36. Before him are Uma Aaltonen (1940), Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen (1830), Katri Vala (1901), Leena Krohn (1947), Hannu Salama (1936), and Monika Fagerholm (1961). After him are Eeva-Liisa Manner (1921), Matti Yrjänä Joensuu (1948), Kari Hotakainen (1957), Arvi Pohjanpää (1887), Jenni Haukio (1977), and Johanna Sinisalo (1958).

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