Nobel laureate: Frans Eemil Sillanpää
Born: 1888-09-16, Hämeenkyrö, Russian Empire (now Finland)
Died: 1964-06-03, Helsinki, Finland
Gender: male
Prizes:
year: 1939
category: literature
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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"