Arto Paasilinna (born April 20, 1942 in Kittilä) is a Finnish author and ex-journalist. Jäniksen vuosi being the most successful of his books has been translated into French, Estonian, Japanese, Dutch, English, German, Czech, Icelandic, Swedish, Italian, Spanish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Danish, Croatian, Greek, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian and Slovenian. April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... This article is about the year. ... Kittilä is a municipality of Finland and a popular holiday resort. ...

Arto Paasilinna is one of the most popular current-day authors in Finland, but he has also received a quite broad reader base outside of Finland, in countries such as France.

Paasilinna's books usually reflect quite common Finnish life, usually from a man's perspective. Paasilinna is sometimes accused of writing books that are very similar to each other, but his style of writing has still kept a loyal and growing fan base proven by Paasilinna's many best-sellers over his long career.

The writer Erno Paasilinna and the MEP Reino Paasilinna are brothers of Arto Paasilinna. Erno Paasilinna (born 14 March 1935, Petsamo - died 30 September 2000, Tampere) was a Finnish writer and journalist. ... A Member of the European Parliament (English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Unions directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. ... Reino Paasilinna (born 5 December 1939 in Arctic Ocean) is a Finnish politician and Member of the European Parliament. ...

Bibliography

• Operaatio Finlandia (1972)
• Paratiisisaaren vangit (1974)
• Jäniksen vuosi (1975) English translation The Year of the Hare
• Onnellinen mies (1976)
• Isoisää etsimässä (1977)
• Sotahevonen (1979)
• Herranen aika (1980)
• Ulvova mylläri (1981)
• Kultainen nousukas (1982)
• Hirtettyjen kettujen metsä (1983)
• Ukkosenjumalan poika (1984)
• Parasjalkainen laivanvarustaja (1985)
• Vapahtaja Surunen (1986)
• Koikkalainen kaukaa (1987)
• Suloinen myrkynkeittäjä (1988)
• Auta armias (1989)
• Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha (1990)
• Elämä lyhyt, Rytkönen pitkä (1991)
• Maailman paras kylä (1992)
• Aatami ja Eeva (1993)
• Volomari Volotisen ensimmäinen vaimo ynnä muuta vanhaa tavaraa (1994)
• Rovasti Huuskosen petomainen miespalvelija (1995)
• Lentävä kirvesmies (1996)
• Tuomiopäivän aurinko nousee (1997)
• Hirttämättömien lurjusten yrttitarha (1998)
• Hirnuva maailmanloppu (1999)
• Ihmiskunnan loppulaukka (2000)
• Kymmenen riivinrautaa (2001)
• Yhdeksän unelmaa (2002)
• Liikemies Liljeroosin ilmalaivat (2003)
• Tohelo suojelusenkeli (2004)
• Suomalainen kärsäkirja (2005)

External links

• Arto Paasilinna

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