Arto Paasilinna

Arto Paasilinna was born in 1942 in Kittilä, in Lapland. He was a lumberjack before becoming a journalist, notably at the regional daily Lapin Kansa. He sold his boat to finance the writing of the novel that made his name, then published more than thirty novels, translated into twenty-seven languages and sold in more than seven million copies. He also wrote for cinema, radio and television. He died in Espoo in 2018.

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• NovelThe Year of the HareJäniksen vuosiArto Paasilinna · 1975Literature