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Väinö Linna

1920 - 1992

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Väinö Linna (pronounced [ˈʋæi̯nø ˈlinːɑ] ; 20 December 1920 – 21 April 1992) was a Finnish author. He 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 119,649 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Väinö Linna is the 1,535th most popular writer (down from 1,467th in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Finland (down from 52nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Finnish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Väinö Linna ranks 1,535 out of 5,755. Before him are Karl-Maria Kertbeny, Jan Guillou, Elizabeth George, Ole Nydahl, Hellanicus of Lesbos, and Anna de Noailles. After him are Qiu Chuji, Jaan Kross, Elizabeth Siddal, Wayne Dyer, Korney Chukovsky, and Li Yu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Väinö Linna ranks 96. Before him are Edmond H. Fischer, Mehdi Ben Barka, Marcial Maciel, Gottfried Böhm, P. D. James, and Meliton Kantaria. After him are Jaan Kross, Hans Blumenberg, Ricardo Montalbán, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Henrietta Lacks, and Saul Bass. Among people deceased in 1992, Väinö Linna ranks 62. Before him are Princess Margaret of Denmark, Takeshi Inoue, Albert King, Georges Delerue, Dick York, and Richard Brooks. After him are Nathan Milstein, Larbi Benbarek, Atahualpa Yupanqui, Nureddin al-Atassi, Heinrich Eberbach, and Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Väinö Linna ranks 57 out of 642. Before him are Hugo Simberg (1873), Lasse Virén (1949), Antti Aarne (1867), Ernst Linder (1868), Georg Henrik von Wright (1916), and Jari Litmanen (1971). After him are Tarja Turunen (1977), Bernhard Crusell (1775), Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt (1757), Fredrik Idestam (1838), Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928), and Wäinö Aaltonen (1894).

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Among WRITERS In Finland

Among writers born in Finland, Väinö Linna ranks 9. Before him are Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888), Arto Paasilinna (1942), Mikael Agricola (1510), Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804), Aleksis Kivi (1834), and Zachris Topelius (1818). After him are Eino Leino (1878), Minna Canth (1844), Juhani Aho (1861), Fredrika Bremer (1801), Pentti Linkola (1932), and Nils-Aslak Valkeapää (1943).

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