Frans Eemil Sillanpää
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1939.
Born: 16, Sep, 1888, Hämeenkyrö, Russian Empire (now Finland)
Died: 3, Jun, 1964, Helsinki, Finland
Prize motivation: "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"
Prize share: 1/1