WRITER

Väinö Linna

1920 - 1992

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Väinö Linna (pronounced [ˈʋæi̯nø ˈlinːɑ] ; 20 December 1920 – 21 April 1992) was a Finnish author and a former soldier who fought in the Continuation War (1941–44). Linna gained literary fame with his third novel, Tuntematon sotilas (The Unknown Soldier, published in 1954), and consolidated his position with the trilogy Täällä Pohjantähden alla (Under the North Star, published in 1959–1963 and translated into English by Richard Impola). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Väinö Linna has received more than 126,960 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Väinö Linna is the 1,779th most popular writer (down from 1,532nd in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Finland (down from 57th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Finnish Writer.

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  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Väinö Linna ranks 1,779 out of 7,302. Before him are Miguel Hernández, Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Aryadeva, Vasyl Stus, John Banville, and Patricia Cornwell. After him are Tonino Guerra, Juan Donoso Cortés, Lajos Zilahy, Antonio de Nebrija, Gottfried von Strassburg, and Hellanicus of Lesbos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Väinö Linna ranks 108. Before him are Henry Heimlich, Pierre Plantard, José Mauro de Vasconcelos, Jack Warden, Victor Turner, and Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy. After him are Tonino Guerra, Meliton Kantaria, Heinz Kessler, Ray Harryhausen, Don Taylor, and Paik Sun-yup. Among people deceased in 1992, Väinö Linna ranks 71. Before him are Jim Garrison, Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Atahualpa Yupanqui, Allen Newell, Banine, and Albert King. After him are Jânio Quadros, Stella Adler, Gavriil Ilizarov, Marisa Mell, Deng Yingchao, and Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Väinö Linna ranks 64 out of 751. Before him are Wäinö Aaltonen (1894), Eino Leino (1878), Bengt Holmström (1949), Tarja Turunen (1977), Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt (1757), and Bernhard Crusell (1775). After him are Mika Kaurismäki (1955), Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928), Kaija Saariaho (1952), Jaakko Hintikka (1929), Eero Aarnio (1932), and Juha Kankkunen (1959).

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Among WRITERS In Finland

Among writers born in Finland, Väinö Linna ranks 10. Before him are Mikael Agricola (1510), Arto Paasilinna (1942), Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804), Aleksis Kivi (1834), Zachris Topelius (1818), and Eino Leino (1878). After him are Juhani Aho (1861), Minna Canth (1844), Pentti Linkola (1932), Fredrika Bremer (1801), Nils-Aslak Valkeapää (1943), and Bo Carpelan (1926).

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