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Olavi Paavolainen

Born

in Kivennapa, Finland

September 17, 1903

Died

July 19, 1964

Genre

Travel, Poetry

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Olavi Paavolainen was a Finnish essayist, journalist, travel book writer, and poet. He often went under the pseudonym of Olavi Lauri. Paavolainen was the central figure of the literary group Tulenkantajat (The Flame Bearers) and one of the most influential literary opinion leaders between the two world wars in Finland. He represented liberal and Europe oriented views of culture and had an eclectic eye for new ideas.

In the late 1920s Paavolainen praised urban life, technology, and roaring cars in his works centering around modernism as the Italian Futurist poet F.T. Marinetti (1876-1944) had done two decades earlier. In the 1930s and 1940s he published a number of works that controversially criticised the members of the Nazi cabinet in Germa ...more

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Average rating: 3.68 · 380 ratings · 36 reviews · 24 distinct works • Similar authors

	Kolmannen valtakunnan vieraana 4.16 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 1936 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Synkkä yksinpuhelu 3.94 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1946 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nykyaikaa etsimässä 3.44 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1929 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Risti ja hakaristi 3.35 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1938 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lähtö ja loitsu: kirja suuresta levottomuudesta 3.67 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1937 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Volga virtaa nyt Moskovaan – Kirjoituksia Neuvostoliitosta by Olavi Paavolainen, Ville Laamanen (Editor), Hannu Riikonen (Editor) 3.15 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Suursiivous, eli, Kirjallisessa lastenkamarissa 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1932	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Karjala - Muistojen maa by Olavi Paavolainen (Editor), Maija Suova (Editor) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1940	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Keulakuvat: Runoja 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1932	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Täältä jostakin - Suomen kenttäarmeijan runoja by Olavi Paavolainen (Editor), Yrjö Vasama (Editor), Matti Kurjensaari (Editor) 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Pako pimeyteen (3 books)
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Synkkä Yksinpuhelu (2 books)
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Quotes by Olavi Paavolainen (?)

“Käsi nousee uskomattoman helposti heil-tervehdykseen kahden Kümmelin ja yhden Cherry Brandyn jälkeen.”
― Olavi Paavolainen, Kolmannen valtakunnan vieraana

tags: cherry-brandy, drinker-s-remorse, drunk, kännissä-ja-läpällä, kümmel, nazi-salute, third-reich

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