Johannes Linnankoski

Johannes Linnankoski was a Finnish author and playwright, which mainly influenced writing in the Golden Age of Finnish Art. His most famous work is the romance novel, The Song of the Blood-Red Flower (1905). His primary themes were guilt, punishment, and redemption as moral questions.

18 October 1869

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Born in the same month (October 1869): Alfred Flatow • Claude H. Van Tyne • John Heisman • Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen • Mahatma Gandhi • Washington Luís