Heikki Turunen Anton is a Finnish author

Author

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 who lives in Joensuu

Joensuu

Joensuu is a city and municipality in North Karelia in eastern Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of North Karelia region. It was founded in 1848...

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He grew up with his six sisters in a farming family. In 1964 he got a job as a journalist at journalist

Journalist

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 at Karjalan Maa in Joensuu

Joensuu

Joensuu is a city and municipality in North Karelia in eastern Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of North Karelia region. It was founded in 1848...

. He kept this job until 1974, in the last year, as editor

Editing

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Turunen's writing deals with Finland in the time in which he grew up, before urbanisation, industrialisation, and tenant farmers. He often describes characters who are a little unusual. Many of his books have been filmed.