Simo Tapio Puupponen better known by the pen name

Pen name

A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her...

 Aapeli, was a Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 writer

Writer

A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

 and novelist. Aapeli was a journalist for the Pohjois-Savo and Savon Sanomat newspapers. In 1959 Aapeli won the Eino Leino Prize

Eino Leino Prize

The Eino Leino Prize is an annual prize award to top writers in Finland since 1956, with particular emphasis on poets.-Recipients:*1956 Viljo Kajava*1957 Helvi Juvonen*1958 Rabbe Enckell*1959 Aapeli *1960 Olavi Paavolainen...

 and the State literature prize. His novels were turned into films and plays after his death in the 1970s. In 1977

1977 in film

The year 1977 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*In the Academy Awards, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight win Best Actor and Actress and Supporting Actress awards for Network....

 his historical novels of the Aika hyvä ihmiseksi

Aika hyvä ihmiseksi

People Not as Bad as They Seem is a 1977 Finnish historical film directed by Rauni Mollberg, based on the novels by Aapeli.The film premiered on 7 October 1977 in Finland and Sweden on 17 March 1978. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 1978 Cannes Film Festival...

series were made into a feature film.

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