Mika Toimi Waltari was a Finnish writer, best known for his best-selling novel The Egyptian. He was extremely productive. Besides his novels he also wrote poetry, short stories, crime novels, plays, essays, travel stories, film scripts, and rhymed texts for comic strips by Asmo Alho.
Iisalmi is a town and municipality in the region of Northern Savonia in Finland. It is located 87 kilometres (54 mi) north of Kuopio and south of Kajaani. The municipality has a population of 20,960, which makes it the second largest of the five towns in Northern Savonia in population, only Kuopio being larger. It covers an area of 872.20 square kilometres (336.76 sq mi) of which 109.22 km2 (42.17 sq mi) is water. The population density is 27.47 inhabitants per square kilometre (71.1/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Leena Krohn is a Finnish author. Her large and varied body of work includes novels, short stories, children's books, and essays. In her books she deals with topics that include man's relationship with himself and the world, morality, borders between reality and illusion, and the problem of life, especially through observing different kinds of artificial intelligence.
Kaari Marjatta Utrio is a Finnish writer. She has written over 35 historical novels and 13 non-fiction books on historical topics. She is a historian, holding the degree of Master of Arts from the University of Helsinki, and has retired from the position of Professor in service of the Finnish State Commission of Fine Arts.
Veikko Huovinen was a Finnish novelist and forester. As a novelist, his writing was known for its realism, pacifism, sharp intellect, and peculiar humor. He wrote 37 books, and one of his best-known humorous novels is The Sheep Eaters from 1970. One of his books, the 1980 novel Dog Nail Clipper was adapted into a critically well-received 2004 film of the same name.
Pirkkalan pyhät pihlajat is a historical romance novel by Finnish author Kaari Utrio, first published in 1976.
Ruusulaakso is a 1982 novel by Finnish author Kaari Utrio. The novel is about rich Helsinkians in the 1980s, and it is Utrio's only novel that does not have a historical setting. The Finnish Women's Union included the novel in its list Kirjojen Top 101 that consists of best books written by women.
Vaskilintu is a 1992 historical novel by Finnish author Kaari Utrio. It is set in 11th century Europe. Vaskilintu and Tuulihaukka (1995) are considered to be Utrio's most important works.
Uhritulet is a 1993 historical novel by Finnish author Kaari Utrio. It is set in 14th century Finland. According to journalist Suvi Kerttula, Vaskilintu (1992), Tuulihaukka (1995) and Uhritulet are Utrio's most important works.
The Spring of the Moonstone is a 1995 historical romance novel by Finnish author Kaari Utrio. It is a romantic story from 11th century Finland, about love and hate and the meeting of two cultures. The book was published as a commemorative book for the 60th anniversary of the Kalevala Women's Association. The book contains several photographs and illustrations. In 1995, the novel was adapted into a play by Sarika Lipasti.
Ruma kreivitär is a 2002 historical novel by Finnish author Kaari Utrio telling a story of poor aristocrats and richening middle-class in the 1830s Finland.
Ilkeät sisarpuolet is a 2007 historical novel by Finnish author Kaari Utrio. The novel is set on the coastal cities of Finland in the 1820s.
Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila is a Finnish academic researcher, serving as a professor of the Arabic language and Islamic studies at the University of Edinburgh. Before that he was a professor at the University of Helsinki.
Teuvo Pakkala was a Finnish author, playwright, reporter, linguist and teacher.
Tähtivaeltaja Award is an annual prize by Helsingin science fiction seura ry for the best science fiction book released in Finnish.
Tähtifantasia Award is an annual prize by Helsingin science fiction seura ry for the best foreign fantasy book released in Finland.
Päivi Istala is a Finnish journalist. She worked as a radio journalist for the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE from 1967 to 2011. She graduated with a degree in playwrighting from the Helsinki Theatre Academy in 1971 and served as the city theater director in Kemi from 1975 to 1981. She has been awarded, among other things, the Finland State Award for Public Information, the Hella Award, and the Cross of Merit of the Order of the White Rose of Finland. Ms. Istala retired at the end of January 2011, and published her memoirs Cross Appeal and Other Stories of life. She serves as the Chair of the Saima Harmaja Society, commemorating the Finnish poet.
Maila Talvio née Winter, married Mikkola, was a Finnish writer. Talvio was a leading Finnish writer on the temperance question and several of her works were translated into Swedish and other languages. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times.
Iisalmen Peli-Karhut is a Finnish semi-professional ice hockey team based in Iisalmi, Finland, playing in the Mestis. The club was founded in 1966 and play their home games in the Kankaan jäähalli.
