![]() Typical of his generation, the adolescent author-to-be moved from the countryside to a developing city in search of industrial labour which he found at the Finlayson textile mills. After working as a lumberjack and a farm hand at the same manor where his mother had worked, Linna moved to Tampere in 1938. The author's education was, however, limited to six years at a public school which he finished in the mid-1930s. As a child, Linna loved adventure novels which he borrowed from the local library. ![]() Despite his background, Linna's interest in literature began early on. Linna's father, a butcher, died when he was only seven years old, thus his mother had to support the entire family by working at a nearby manor. He was the seventh child of Viktor (Vihtori) Linna (1874–1928) and Johanna Maria (Maija) Linna (1888–1972). ![]() Väinö Linna was born in Urjala in the Pirkanmaa region. Both have been adapted to a film format on several occasions The Unknown Soldier was first adapted into a film in 1955 and Under the North Star in 1968 as Here, Beneath the North Star, both directed by Edvin Laine. He gained literary fame with his third novel, Tuntematon sotilas ( The Unknown Soldier, published in 1954), and consolidated his position with the trilogy Täällä Pohjantähden alla ( Under the North Star, published in 1959–1963 and translated into English by Richard Impola). ![]() Väinö Linna ( pronounced ( listen) 20 December 1920 – 21 April 1992) was a Finnish author. Väinö Linna in Palm Beach, Florida, on a trip in the United States, in March 1963. ![]()
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