Erno Paasilinna

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Erno Paasilinna (14 March 1935, Petsamo – 30 September 2000, Tampere) was a Finnish writer and journalist. He received several literary prizes, the most notable being the Finlandia Prize in 1984 for his collection of essays Yksinäisyys ja uhma ("Loneliness and Defiance"). His works have been translated into Estonian, Hungarian, Swedish, Norwegian and Russian.

Erno Paasilinna has been titled the "national cynic laureate" and "official state critic" due to his uncompromising views and lack of admiration for his human fellows. His incisive analysis of power and the powerful shook the fundaments of Finnish society, but were widely recognized to be impartial, swiping those ideologically close to his heart as heavily as those whose ideology was diametrically opposed to his own.

The writers Reino, Mauri and Arto Paasilinna are his brothers.

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 29555391 LCCN: n79043744 ISNI: 0000 0001 1613 6365 GND: 119434350 BNF: cb120591796

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Name	Paasilinna, Erno
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Short description	Finnish writer and journalist
Date of birth	14 March 1935
Place of birth
Date of death	30 September 2000
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