Frans Eemil Sillanpää
Videos
Frans Eemil Sillanpää was a Finnish writer. In 1939, he became the first Finnish writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature "for his deep understanding of his country's peasantry and the exqu
Frans Eemil Sillanpää
Sillanpää sitting for the sculptor Mauno Oittinen in 1931.
Poststamp released in 1980 in honour of Sillanpää.
Ihmiset suviyössä
Videos
Ihmiset suviyössä is a novel by Finnish author Frans Eemil Sillanpää. It was released in 1934. In 1948, Valentin Vaala directed a film based on the book. The fifth edition of the novel was published t
Frans Eemil Sillanpää
…Virranpohjalta (1933) Ihmiset suviyössä (translated as People in the Summer Night) (1934) Viidestoista (1936…
English language translation of Ihmiset suviyössä, translated as People in the Summer Night (1989 University of Wisconsin Press translation)