Pentti Haanpää
Illustration — Pentti Haanpää (1950) Pentti Haanpää (October 14, 1905 – September 30, 1955) was a Finnish author. He was born in Pulkkila, and is best known for his books Vääpeli Sadon tapaus 1935 and Noitaympyrä 1931. He drowned on a fishing trip on Iso Lamujärvi in Pyhäntä, aged 49.
Pentti Haanpää
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- Full name
- Pentti Mikael Haanpää.
- Born
- 1905. · Leskelä.
- Died
- 1955. · Iso Lamujärvi.
- Nationality
- Finland and Grand Duchy of Finland.
- Occupation
- novelist and writer.
- Fields
- fiction.
- Honours
- Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland.
- Languages
- Finnish.
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The recorded working language is Finnish. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are fiction. Places of work recorded in the authority are Piippola and Helsinki. Distinctions recorded are Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland.
Pentti Haanpää is recorded as having received Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland. Recorded at birth as Pentti Mikael Haanpää.
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Pentti Haanpää lived from 14 October 1905 to 30 September 1955 and was a writer. The birth of Pentti Haanpää is recorded on 14 October 1905 in Pulkkila, Finland, and the death on 30 September 1955 in Pyhäntä, Finland.
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1905
Pentti Haanpää was born in 1905 at Leskelä.
1955
Pentti Haanpää died in 1955 at Iso Lamujärvi.
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Leskelä.
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Iso Lamujärvi.
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- “Pentti Haanpää”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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