Wrote a story telling the regiments advance from the Russian border to During theĬontinuation War (1941-44) between Finland and the Soviet Union Linna As a boy he had read Topelius's Maamme kirja (Book of Our Land), which he later described as the most influential book in his life.įrom 1940 to 1944 Linna served in the Finnish army at the easternįront, fighting as the squad leader of a machine-gun unit. Where he was employed as a factory mechanic by the Finlayson textile After working in odd jobs, including a farm-handįor the Honkola manor and lumberjack, he moved in 1938 to Tampere, LinnaĪttended public school for six years and left his studies in the The debts Vihtori had left behind, the family lost their home. Maija Linna supported her family by working at Honkola manor. Vihtori Linna, who died when Väinö was eight years old. He was the seventh child of a local slaughterman, Väinö Linna was born into a working class family in Urjala inĬentral Finland. It's all there is to it and all there'll ever be." (from The Unknown Soldier ) They do? That's the strategy of defensive war. If you stick where you are even though all hell breaks loose, what can Those bastards'll keep after you, make no mistake about that. Just that we've got to fight or well'll have to run all the way to the The historical family saga Täällä Pohjantähden alla (1959-1963, Here Beneath the North Star), can be found Väinö Linna's major works, Tuntematon sotilas (1954, The Unknown Soldier), or A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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