Novelist, essayist, one of the greatest writers of post-war Finland.
Life goes on, even without eyes.
When you pull through, we'll meet again, you bet. Send the lads all the best. His mother, Maija Linna, supported the family by working at Honkola manor. Linna attended public school for six years and left his studies in the mid-1930s. After working in odd jobs, as a farm-hand for the Honkola manor and lumberjack, he moved in 1938 to Tampere, where he was employed by the Finlayson textile mills.