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Frans Emil Sillanpää

Finnish: Nobel Laureate Frans Emil Sillanpää, Russian: Nobel Laureate Франс Эмиль Силланпяя
Also Known As: "Taata", "Eemil", "Koskinen"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Ollila, Kierikkala, Hämeenkyrö, Finland
Death: June 03, 1964 (75)
Helsinki, Finland
Place of Burial: Hämeenkyrö, Finland
Immediate Family:

Son of Frans Henrik Koskinen and Lovisa Wilhelmina Koskinen (Mäkelä)
Husband of Sigrid Maria Kallentytär Sillanpää
Ex-husband of Anna Armia Nordman
Father of Saara Margareta Kuitunen; Esko Pentti Julius Sillanpää; Helmi Aro; Paula Maija Kyllikki Sainio; Eero Elias Sillanpää and 3 others
Brother of Anna Maria Franssintytär Koskinen and Kaarle Viktor Franssinpoika Koskinen
Half brother of Juha Wilhelm Loviisanpoika Mäkelä

Occupation: Kirjailija
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About Frans Emil Sillanpää, Nobel Prize in Literature, 1939

Frans Eemil Sillanpää (16 September 1888 – 3 June 1964) was one of the most famous Finnish writers.

He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1939 "for his deep understanding of his country's peasantry and the exquisite art with which he has portrayed their way of life and their relationship with Nature."

Frans Eemil Sillanpää was born into a peasant family in Hämeenkyrö. Although his parents were poor, they managed to send him to school in Tampere. In 1908 he moved to Helsinki to study medicine. Here his acquaintances included the painters Eero Järnefelt and Pekka Halonen, composer Jean Sibelius and author Juhani Aho.

In 1913 Sillanpää moved from Helsinki to his old home village and devoted himself to writing.

He won international fame for his novel Nuorena nukkunut (The Maid Silja / Fallen Asleep While Young) in 1931.

The asteroid 1446 Sillanpää, discovered by the renowned Finnish astronomer and physicist Yrjö Väisälä, was named after him.

http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Eemil_Sillanp%C3%A4%C3%A4

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Frans Emil Sillanpää, Nobel Prize in Literature, 1939's Timeline

1888
September 16, 1888
Ollila, Kierikkala, Hämeenkyrö, Finland
September 16, 1888
Hämeenkyrö, Finland
1917
March 15, 1917
Hämeenkyrö, Finland
1919
July 13, 1919
Hämeenkyrö, Finland
1921
1921
1923
May 4, 1923
Hämeenkyrö, Finland
1924
December 16, 1924
Hämeenkyrö, Suomi
1926
March 5, 1926
Porvoo, Uusimaa, Finland
1933
1933