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

Born on the same birth day (18 October): Barry Keoghan • Chris Shays • David Vuillemin • Dawn Wells • Ernst Didring • James Foley (journalist) • Mark Welland • Mehmet Esat Bülkat • Mikhail Kuzmin • Patrick Morrow • Pope Pius II • Stu Mead • Terance Mann • Terry McMillan

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