Frans Eemil Sillanpää - Nobel Prize in Literature — 1939
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Frans Eemil Sillanpää

Prize
Nobel Prize in Literature — 1939
for his deep understanding of his country's peasantry and the exquisite art with which he has portrayed their way of life and their relationship with Nature
Citizenship
Grand Duchy of Finland Grand Duchy of Finland Finland Finland
Languages
Finnish
date of birth
9/16/1888
place of birth
Hämeenkyrö
date of death
6/3/1964
place of death
Helsinki
Lived
75 years

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occupation
  • writer
  • poet
  • novelist
educated at
  • Jumesniemi Church School
  • Haukijärvi School
  • Tampere Lyceum High School
  • University of Helsinki
work location
  • Hämeenkyrö
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