Writing · Novel · Writer · Story
Born Apr 20, 1942 · Kittilä, Finland
Active 1977–2018 · Awards: Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland, Jussi Award for Best Script, Giuseppe Acerbi literary prize
Arto Tapio Paasilinna was a Finnish writer, being a former journalist turned comic novelist. One of Finland's most successful novelists, he won a broad readership outside of Finland in a way few other Finnish authors have before.