The Egyptian is a historical novel by Mika Waltari. It was first published in Finnish in 1945, and in an abridged English translation by Naomi Walford in 1949, from Swedish rather than Finnish. Regarded as "one of the greatest books in Finnish literary history", it is, so far, the only Finnish novel to be adapted into a Hollywood film, which happened in 1954.
The Unknown Soldier or Unknown Soldiers is a war novel by Finnish author Väinö Linna, considered his magnum opus. Published in 1954, The Unknown Soldier chronicles the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union during 1941–1944 from the viewpoint of ordinary Finnish soldiers. In 2000, the manuscript version of the novel was published with the title Sotaromaani and in 2015, the latest English translation as Unknown Soldiers. A fictional account based closely on Linna's own experiences during the war, the novel presented a more realistic outlook on the formerly romanticized image of a noble and obedient Finnish soldier. Linna gave his characters independent and critical thoughts, and presented them with human feelings, such as fear and rebellion.
Jaan Kross was an Estonian writer. He won the 1995 International Nonino Prize in Italy.
Arto Tapio Paasilinna was a Finnish writer, being a former journalist turned comic novelist. One of Finland's most successful novelists, he won a broad readership outside of Finland in a way few other Finnish authors have before. Translated into 27 languages, over seven million copies of his books have been sold worldwide, and he has been claimed as "instrumental in generating the current level of interest in books from Finland".
Torsti Lehtinen, Finnish writer and philosopher, was born in Helsinki in 1942. He studied philosophy, theology and literature at the University of Helsinki.
Matti Yrjänä Joensuu was a Finnish writer of crime fiction. He has been awarded the State's Literature Prize (1982), Vuoden johtolanka prize, and he has been nominated for two Finlandias. He received the Martin Beck Award in 1987.
Kari Hotakainen is a Finnish writer. Hotakainen started his writing career as a reporter in Pori. In 1986, he moved to Helsinki. He became a full-time writer in 1996. He has two children with his wife, sound technician Tarja Laaksonen, whom he married in 1983. He has also worked as a copywriter and as a columnist for the Helsingin Sanomat.
Sofi-Elina Oksanen is a Finnish writer and playwright. Oksanen has published six novels, of which "Purge" has gained the widest recognition. She has received several international and domestic awards for her literary work. Her work has been translated into more than 40 languages and sold more than two million copies. Oksanen has been called "Finnish-Estonian Charles Dickens" and her work has often been compared to Margaret Atwood's novels. Oksanen is actively involved in public debate in Finland and comments on current issues in her columns and various talk shows.
Daniel Katz is a Finnish writer.
Erkki Johan Bäckman is a Finnish political activist, author, legal sociologist, propagandist, and convicted stalker working for the Russian Government. Bäckman has been a prominent Finnish propagandist in Russia who has actively participated in long-standing operations to propagate anti-Finnish and anti-Western propaganda in Russia.
Tähtifantasia Award is an annual prize by Helsingin science fiction seura ry for the best foreign fantasy book released in Finland.
Purge is a novel by Finnish-Estonian writer Sofi Oksanen, which has been translated into thirty-eight languages. Oksanen's third Finnish-language novel, Purge was published in 2008 and is based upon her original play of the same name, staged at the Finnish National Theatre in 2007. As of 2010, Purge is the only one of Oksanen's novels which has been translated into English.
Tuuve Aro is a Finnish author, who was born and lives in Helsinki. Alongside her work as a writer, she works as a film critic and has also done some film producing. Her first book appeared in 1999, and she has published a total of ten fiction books, five of which are short story collections, three novels and two children's novels. Her debut novel Karmiina (2004) and collections of short stories have been translated into German.
Ville Tietäväinen is a Finnish graphic designer, illustrator and comic artist. His first comic book Linnut ja meret was published in 2003. Tietäväinen graduated as an architect but he has worked as an illustrator and graphic designer since the 1990s.
Seppo Erkki Sakari Heikinheimo was a Finnish musicologist, music journalist, writer and translator.
Pajtim Statovci is a Finnish novelist. His debut novel, Kissani Jugoslavia, was published in 2014, winning the Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize for best debut novel in Finnish for that year, and was published in 2017 as My Cat Yugoslavia in the UK and US. It was made into a play and staged at the Finnish National Theater in Helsinki in 2018. His second novel, Tiranan sydän, won the Toisinkoinen Literature Prize for 2016, and was published as Crossing in the UK and the US in 2019.
Mia Kankimäki is a Finnish writer, and author of two non-fiction books, which blend travelogue, memoir, biography and women's history. Her second book The Women I Think About At Night was published in the US by Simon & Schuster in 2020.
Gennady L’vovich Muravin was a Russian translator, journalist and artist, who lived and worked mostly in Estonia and Finland.
Max Seeck is a Finnish writer, film producer, screenwriter and film director.
