Arto Paasilinna (1942–2018)
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Sull'Autore
Arto Paasilinna was born on April 20, 1942 in the Alakylä part of the municipality of Kittilä, in Lapland, Finland. Arto Paasilinna studied at the General and Elementary School Line at the Lapland Folk Academy. He initially worked as a journalist at Nuoren Voiman Liitto, Nuori Voima-lehti and mostra altro various newspapers as writer and editor. At the weekly magazine Apu, he was an editor from 1968 - 1970 and later a columnist from 1975 - 1988. In 1975 he wrote The Year of the Hare in response to his feeling that journalism was becoming superficial and meaningless. The book was an immediate success and from 1975 on Paasilinna became an independent writer. He still writes journalism articles and has been a columnist on Finnish radio. In 2002, for Paasilinna's 60th anniversary, journalist Eino Leino published a biography of Paasilinna called Lentojätkä. Arto Paasilinnan elämä" ("The Flight Dude"). The same year Paasilinna published his own autobiography called Yhdeksän unelmaa ("Nine Night's Dream"). As of 2009, Paasilinna has published about 12 non-fiction books and 35 novels, with almost one novel each year from 1972 to 2009. Paasilinna's books reflect quite common Finnish life, usually from a middle-aged male perspective, and in rural Finland. His title Year of the Hare made the New York Times Best Seller list for 2011. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Arto Paasilinna at the Central House of Artist (Moscow, Russia), 2007. Photo by Wikipedia user "Bff".
Opere di Arto Paasilinna
Hirnuva maailmanloppu : kylmäverinen totuus suomenhevosten jalostuksen yltiöpäisistä saavutuksista : romaani (1999) 34 copie
Illustrated Episodes in a 10,000-year Odyssey: A Businessman's Guide to Finnish History (1986) 10 copie
Тысяча Чертей пастора Хуусконена 1 copia
Arto Paasilinnan taivaallinen herkkukirja : Makunautintoja Lapin perukoilta Tyynenmeren saarille (2006) — Autore — 1 copia
Laki vaatii vainajia : yhteiskunnallinen romaani rikollisten kansoittamasta yhteiskunnasta : ihmiskuvaus (2019) 1 copia
Paasilinna Arto 1 copia
La Forêt des renards perdus, suivi de "Le Lièvre de Vatanen", et de "Prisonniers du paradis" (1999) 1 copia
Kansallinen vieraskirja 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Dedalus Book of Finnish Fantasy (Dedalus Literary Fantasy Anthologies) (2012) — Collaboratore — 107 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Paasilinna, Arto
- Nome legale
- Paasilinna, Arto Tapio
- Data di nascita
- 1942-04-20
- Data di morte
- 2018-10-15
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Finlandia
- Luogo di nascita
- Kittilä, Finlandia
- Luogo di morte
- Espoo
- Luogo di residenza
- Kittilä, Finland (birth)
Espoo, Finland - Istruzione
- Lapin kansankorkeakoulu
- Attività lavorative
- woodcutter
agricultural laborer
journalist
poet
novelist - Relazioni
- Paasilinna, Erno (veli)
Paasilinna, Mauri (veli)
Paasilinna, Reino (veli)
Utenti
Discussioni
April 2023 Group Read: The Year of the Hare in 1001 Books to read before you die (Mag 2023)
Recensioni
Liste
A Novel Cure (1)
Premi e riconoscimenti
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Autori correlati
Statistiche
- Opere
- 66
- Opere correlate
- 2
- Utenti
- 7,093
- Popolarità
- #3,462
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 228
- ISBN
- 629
- Lingue
- 24
- Preferito da
- 20
Paasilinna con il suo humour tinto di alcol, usa l'incredibile "vittoria" del protagonista per far "perdere" l'incapacità a favorire l'innovazione anche quando i risultati possibili sono evidenti, rischiosi forse, ma evidenti e le persone coinvolte nell'innovazione sono brave persone, strane forse, ma brave.… (altro)