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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Famous quotes containing the word writers:
“All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives lies a mystery. Writing a book is a long, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.”
—George Orwell (1903–1950)
“That’s one thing I like about Hollywood. The writer is there revealed in his ultimate corruption. He asks no praise, because his praise comes to him in the form of a salary check. In Hollywood the average writer is not young, not honest, not brave, and a bit overdressed. But he is darn good company, which book writers as a rule are not. He is better than what he writes. Most book writers are not as good.”
—Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)
“Already the writers are complaining that there is too much freedom. They need some pressure. The worse your daily life, the better your art. If you have to be careful because of oppression and censorship, this pressure produces diamonds.”
—Tatyana Tolstaya (b. 1951)