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    Frans Eemil Sillanpää (pronounced [frɑns ˈeːmil ˈsilːɑmˌpæː] ; 16 September 1888 – 3 June 1964) was a Finnish author. In 1939, he became the first Finnish...
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  • minister Rosa Sillanpää (1888–1929), Finnish trade union activist and politician Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888-1964), Finnish writer Jari Sillanpää (born 1965)...
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    1939 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Finnish writer Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888–1964) "for his deep understanding of his country’s peasantry...
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  • Henrik Pontoppidan, Knut Hamsun, Sigrid Undset, Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Pär Lagerkvist, Halldór Laxness, Nelly...
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    explored national and historical themes. Most famous of them were Frans Eemil Sillanpää, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1939, historical...
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  • politician, 9th Turkish Speaker of the Parliament (b. 1887) 1964 – Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888) 1969...
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    Henrik Pontoppidan, Knut Hamsun, Sigrid Undset, Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Pär Lagerkvist, Halldór Laxness, Nelly...
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    which included Ramón Menéndez Pidal, Ivan Bunin (awarded in 1933), Frans Eemil Sillanpää (awarded in 1939), Johannes V. Jensen (awarded in 1944), Paul Valéry...
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    first-time nominated among them Theodore Dreiser, Edgar Lee Masters, Frans Eemil Sillanpää (awarded in 1939), Arvid Järnefelt, Paul Valéry, Lion Feuchtwanger...
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    suggested the Nobel Committee to award F. Sillanpää alone. His second suggestion, to share the prize with Sillanpää, was J. Hemmer or A. Mörne. Valéry was...
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  • Finland, a part of the Russian Empire in 1809–1917, Chemistry, 1945 Frans Eemil Sillanpää, born in the Grand Duchy of Finland, a part of the Russian Empire...
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    Ernest Lawrence Adolf Butenandt; Leopold Ružička Gerhard Domagk Frans Eemil Sillanpää None 1940 Cancelled due to World War II 1941 1942 1943 Otto Stern...
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    1939 Nobel Prize for Literature, but lost to the Finnish writer Frans Eemil Sillanpää. Huizinga's work later came under some criticism, especially for...
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    Aleksis Kivi (1834–1872). The book Meek Heritage [fi] (1919) by Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888–1964) made him the first Finnish Nobel Prize winner. Another...
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  • Ihmiset suviyössä is a novel by Finnish author Frans Eemil Sillanpää. It was released in 1934. In 1948, Valentin Vaala directed a film based on the book...
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    Reymont Deledda Undset Mann Karlfeldt Galsworthy Bunin Pirandello du Gard Sillanpää Jensen Hesse Russell Lagerkvist Mauriac Churchill Laxness Jiménez Pasternak...
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  • to drinking. It is based on the 1932 novel of the same title by Frans Eemil Sillanpää, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Tapiovaara. The film was...
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    committee received 47 nominations for 29 individuals including Frans Eemil Sillanpää (awarded in 1939), Johannes V. Jensen (awarded in 1944), Paul Valéry...
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    among them the American novelist Margaret Mitchell, Finnish writer Frans Eemil Sillanpää (awarded in 1939), Danish writer Johannes V. Jensen (awarded in...
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    the Nobel Committee received 52 nominations for 38 authors like Frans Eemil Sillanpää (awarded in 1939), Johannes V. Jensen (awarded in 1944), Paul Valéry...
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    Observatory in Southwest Finland. It was later named after writer Frans Eemil Sillanpää. The S-type asteroid is a member of the Flora family, one of the...
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  • driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited (d. 1971) 1888 – Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964) 1890 – Avigdor Hameiri...
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  • Maurice Chevalier, French singer and actor (d. 1972) September 16 Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964) W. O. Bentley, English...
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    Seoul after 10,000 student demonstrators overpowered police. Died: Frans Eemil Sillanpää, 75, Finnish writer and 1939 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate...
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    Nobel committee received 62 nominations for 37 writers including Frans Emil Sillanpää (awarded in 1939), Paul Valéry, Paul Claudel, Kostis Palamas, António...
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    O'Neill (awarded in 1936), Roger Martin du Gard (awarded in 1937), Frans Eemil Sillanpää (awarded in 1939), Johannes V. Jensen (awarded in 1944), Karel Capek...
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    Hans Osara (c.1560–1601), Finnish lieutenant at the Cudgel War Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888–1964), Finnish writer, Nobel Laureate in Literature Arvo Tuominen...
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    Njegoš, Kočić and Aleksa Šantić. Andrić also admired the Slovene poets Fran Levstik, Josip Murn and Oton Župančič, and translated some of their works...
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    there was a rise of modernist writers, most famously Mika Waltari. Frans Eemil Sillanpää was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1939, so far the only...
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    April 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020. "Nomination Archive - Frans Eemil Sillanpää". NobelPrize.org. April 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020. "Nomination...
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