F. E. Sillanpää (1888–1964)
Author of Meek Heritage
About the Author
The son of a landless peasant, Sillanpaa studied natural science at Helsinki University, but his interest soon shifted to writing. His first novel was published in 1916, and his second, a naturalistic work titled Meek Heritage (1919), established him as a major Finnish writer and won him a lifetime show more pension from the government. His next book to receive international fame was The Maid Silja (1931), a story of the Finnish Civil War of 1918. Sillanpaa writes of the rural people he knew in his youth, exploring with understanding and sympathy the forces that determine their lives. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1939. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by F. E. Sillanpää
Valitut teokset 12 copies
Hurskas kurjuus: Ja kansalaissodan kirjoitukset (Kootut teokset / F.E. Sillanpaa) (Finnish Edition) 3 copies
Santa miseria 1 copy
Novelas escogidas 1 copy
Lidé v letní noci 1 copy
Opere 1 copy
Finskt folk 1 copy
Skapadægur 1 copy
Färden till Kvarnbäcken 1 copy
Mot uppenbarelsen 1 copy
Selma Koljas 1 copy
Meek heritage 1 copy
Santa miseria / Vita e sole 1 copy
Taavetti Antila 1 copy
Kuvia ja tarinoita 1 copy
Kootut Teokset 2 1 copy
Associated Works
Suomen kirjallisuuden valiot 2 — Contributor — 2 copies
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- Canonical name
- Sillanpää, F. E.
- Legal name
- Sillanpää, Frans Eemil
- Birthdate
- 1888-09-16
- Date of death
- 1964-06-03
- Burial location
- Old cemetery, Hämeenkyrö, Finland
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Finland
- Birthplace
- Hämeenkyrö, Finland
- Place of death
- Helsinki, Finland
- Places of residence
- Hämeenkyrö, Finland, Russian Empire (birth)
Tampere, Finland
Helsinki, Finland (death) - Education
- University of Helsinki
- Occupations
- novelist
short-story writer - Awards and honors
- Aleksis Kivi Prize (1937)
Nobel Prize (Literature|1939)
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- Works
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- Members
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- Popularity
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- Rating
- 3.5
- Reviews
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- ISBNs
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- Languages
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So begins this novel, which then takes us back through the events of young Silja's sad life: her father's marriage to a woman of unfortunate family, plus his own weak character cause the loss of the family farm. Further events find the girl working as a maidservant on a succession of farms, until while working for a kindly professor, she falls in love. The beautifully written account of Silja's emotions that midsummer is perhaps the loveliest part of this novel.
Towards the end, as war breaks out between the Red and White factions, I felt my interest beginning to wane slightly, but nonetheless a great novel.… (more)