Writers
- Juhani Aho – first professional writer
- Minna Canth – first notable woman author (1844 – 1897)
- Bo Carpelan
- Marco Casagrande
- Jörn Donner – author and politician
- Pentti Haanpää
- Aarne Haapakoski – pulp writer with pseudonym Outsider
- Paavo Haavikko
- Saima Harmaja – poet (1913 – 1937)
- Laila Hietamies
- Veikko Huovinen
- Antti Hyry
- Anna-Leena Härkönen
- Risto Isomäki – science fiction writer
- Tove Jansson – children's author of Moomin fame (1914 – 2001)
- Maria Jotuni (1880 – 1943)
- Markus Kajo – comedy writer (1957 –)
- Taito Kantonen
- Volter Kilpi
- Marko Kitti
- Aleksis Kivi – first significant author in Finnish (1834 – 1872)
- Leena Krohn
- Torsti Lehtinen – writer and philosopher
- Joel Lehtonen
- Kimmo Lehtonen – science fiction novelist
- Eino Leino (1878 – 1926)
- Rosa Liksom
- Väinö Linna – author of The Unknown Soldier (1920 – 1992)
- Johannes Linnankoski
- Elias Lönnrot – Compiled the Kalevala (1802 – 1884)
- Veijo Meri
- Pertti Nieminen
- Sofi Oksanen
- Arto Paasilinna
- Erno Paasilinna
- Olavi Paavolainen
- Onni Palaste – war novelist (1917 – 2009)
- Antti Puhakka – national romantic poet & politician (1816 – 1893)
- Kalle Päätalo (1919 – 2000)
- Johan Ludvig Runeberg – national poet (1804 – 1877)
- Pentti Saarikoski
- Frans Emil Sillanpää – Nobelist (1888 – 1964)
- Johanna Sinisalo
- Tommy Tabermann – also known from TV-series Have I Got News For You aka Uutisvuoto
- Marton Taiga – pseudonym of Martti Löfberg
- Jari Tervo – also known from TV-series Have I Got News For You aka Uutisvuoto
- Märta Tikkanen
- Zacharias Topelius – author and historian (1818 – 1898)
- Jouko Turkka
- Antti Tuuri
- Kaari Utrio
- Hella Wuolijoki
- Mika Waltari (1908 – 1979)
- Kim Weckström
- Lauri Viita – poet and novelist known for extreme rhyme skill
- Kjell Westö
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“When writers meet they are truculent, indifferent, or over-polite. Then comes the inevitable moment. A shows B that he has read something of B’s. Will B show A? If not, then A hates B, if yes, then all is well. The only other way for writers to meet is to share a quick pee over a common lamp-post.”
—Cyril Connolly (1903–1974)
“Many great writers have been extraordinarily awkward in daily exchange, but the greatest give the impression that their style was nursed by the closest attention to colloquial speech.”
—Thornton Wilder (1897–1975)
“If there is a special Hell for writers it would be in the forced contemplation of their own works, with all the misconceptions, the omissions, the failures that any finished work of art implies.”
—John Dos Passos (1896–1970)