Finlandia Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1984) Winner
Erno Paasilinna
エルノ・パアシリンナ
Erno Paasilinna
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1935-03-14 （Petsamo）
- Died
- 2000-09-30 （Tampere） age 65
- Nationality
- Finland
- Languages
- Finnish
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Petsamo → Tampere
Career
- Occupations
- writer, journalist
- Active Years
- 1950-2000
- Influenced
- Arto Paasilinna
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Finlandia Prize | Yksinäisyys ja uhma | — | — | Winner |
Finlandia Prize
1984
Work:
Yksinäisyys ja uhma
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Yksinäisyys ja uhma
1984 collection of essaysA collection of essays on loneliness and defiance
lonelinessdefiancepower critique
Translations
- Estonian, Hungarian, Swedish, Norwegian, Russian, Latvian
Translations of Works
- Estonian translations, Hungarian translations, Swedish translations, Norwegian translations, Russian translations, Latvian translations
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- cynicalcriticalincisive
- Recurring Motifs
- powersociety critique
Legacy
Titled the 'national cynic laureate' and 'official state critic', his incisive analysis of power shook Finnish society.
Trivia
- Brothers include writers Mauri Paasilinna and Arto Paasilinna.
- Titled the 'national cynic laureate' and 'official state critic'.