FRANS SILLANPÄÄ.
A biography of Frans Sillanpää, the first Finn Nobel Prize awardee, is presented. He was born on September 16, 1888 in Kierikkala in south-western Finland. He came from a family of "cottagers," had attended grammar school and in 1896 were sent at a school in Tampere where he lived with a poor carpen...
| Publicado en: | Giants in Their Field: An Introduction to the Nobel Prizes in Literature pp. 326 - 329 |
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| Formato: | Biography |
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Digitalia Publishing Corp.
1993
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| Sumario: | A biography of Frans Sillanpää, the first Finn Nobel Prize awardee, is presented. He was born on September 16, 1888 in Kierikkala in south-western Finland. He came from a family of "cottagers," had attended grammar school and in 1896 were sent at a school in Tampere where he lived with a poor carpenter and obtained formal schooling at the Imperial Alexander University of Helsingfors. His associations with artists and painters that push his creativity are also explored. |
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