Arto Salminen (22 October1959, Helsinki – 15 November2005, Hausjärvi) was a Finnish writer known for his social commentary. Salminen, who had also worked as a journalist and taxi driver, wrote six novels which criticised with a morbid black sense of humour such current phenomena in Finnish society as neoliberarist politics, decline of welfare state, tabloid media, reality TV and so on. His books became a small cult in Finland and they also received excellent reviews even though they didn't sell particularly well. October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki City manager Jussi Pajunen Official languages Finnish, Swedish Area - total - land ranked 342nd 185. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hausjärvi is a municipality of Finland. ... Social commentary is the act of expressing an opinion on the nature of society. ... For the related liberal individualist philosophy, see Libertarianism. ... There are three main interpretations of the idea of a welfare state: the provision of welfare services by the state. ... Newspaper sizes in August 2005. ... Reality television is a genre of television programming in which the fortunes of real life people (as opposed to fictional characters played by actors) are followed. ...
Salminen received the Koskenkorva Prize in 1998, and the Olvi Prize in 2004. He died of a sudden seizure in November 2005.
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