Frans Eemil Sillanpää

Nobel Prize in Literature 1939

“for his deep understanding of his country's peasantry and the exquisite art with which he has portrayed their way of life and their relationship with Nature”

Frans Eemil Sillanpää was a Finnish writer. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1939 for his deep understanding of his country's peasantry and the exquisite art with which he portrayed their way of life and their relationship with Nature.