The Dinosaur

Kolmen kaupungin kasvot

Author of "Unknown Soldier", Väinö Linna

Unknown Soldier

Under the North Star II

Under the North Star

Tuntematon sotilas

The Unknown Soldier

Trust

Pohjantähti

Akseli and Elina

Here, Beneath the North Star

Sven Tuuva the Hero

Musta rakkaus

Väinö Linna (pronounced [ˈʋæi̯nø ˈlinːɑ] ; 20 December 1920 – 21 April 1992) was a Finnish author and a former soldier who fought in the Continuation War (1941–44). Linna gained literary fame with his third novel, Tuntematon sotilas (The Unknown Soldier, published in 1954), and consolidated his position with the trilogy Täällä Pohjantähden alla (Under the North Star, published in 1959–1963 and translated into English by Richard Impola). Both have been adapted to a film format on several occasions; The Unknown Soldier was first adapted into a film in 1955 and Under the North Star in 1968 as Here, Beneath the North Star, both directed by Edvin Laine.

Väinö Linna

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The Dinosaur

Kolmen kaupungin kasvot

Author of "Unknown Soldier", Väinö Linna