Writing · Novel · Screenplay
Born Sep 16, 1888 · Hämeenkyrö, Finland
Active 1937–1964 · Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature, Aleksis Kivi Award, Commander First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland
Frans Eemil Sillanpää was a Finnish writer. In 1939, he became the first Finnish writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature "for his deep understanding of his country's peasantry and the exquisite art with which he has portrayed…