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Paavo Rintala
Biography
Paavo Rintala was born in 1930 in Viborg. His father was an agricultural engineer and his mother a nurse. His father was killed at the Battle of Vuosalmi. He studied theology, literature and politics at the University of Helsinki but did not complete his course. He worked for the Finnish Peace Committee. He wrote numerous novels, stories and plays. He died in 1999.
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1954 Kuolleiden evankeliumi (novel)
1955 Rikas ja köyhä (novel)
1956 Lakko (novel)
1958 Pojat (novel)
1959 Pikkuvirkamiehen kuolema (novel)
1959 Jumala on kauneus (novel)
1960 Mummoni ja Mannerheim (novel)
1961 Mummoni ja marsalkka (novel)
1962 Mummon ja marskin tarinat (novel)
1963 Sissiluutnantti (The Long-Distance Patrol)(novel)
1964 Palvelijat hevosten selässä (prose)
1965 Keskusteluja lasten kanssa (conversations)
1965 Sukeltaja (novel)
1966 Sotilaiden äänet (novel)
1967 Sodan ja rauhan äänet (novel)
1968 Leningradin kohtalosinfonia (novel and radio play)
1969 Napapiirin äänet (prose)
1969 Paasikiven aika (novel)
1970 Vietnamin kurjet essay)
1970 Kekkosen aika (novel)
1970 Valitut teokset (selected works)
1972 Viapori 1906 (novel)
1972 Uu ja poikanen (children’s)
1972 Paavalin matkat (novel)
1974 Kesäkuu 44 (history)
1974 Romeo ja Julia häränvuonna (novel)
1976 Nahkapeitturien linjalla I (novel)
1979 Nahkapeitturien linjalla II (novel)
1981 Dostojevskin galleriat (drama and prose)
1982 Velkani Karjalalle (prose)
1982 Puolan malja (story)
1982 Valehtelijan muistelmat (novel)
1983 Maatyömies ja kuu (non-fiction)
1984 Eläinten rauhanliike (novel)
1984 Porvari Punaisella torilla (non-ficiion)
1985 Vänrikin muistot (novel)
1986 Carossa ja Anna n(on-fiction)
1987 St. Petersburgin salakuljetus (novel)
1990 Minä, Grünewald (novel)
1991 Sarmatian Orfeus (novel)
1993 Aika ja uni (novel)
1994 Marian rakkaus (novel)
1996 Faustus (novel)