Simo Puupponen
Simo Tapio Puupponen (born October 23, 1915 in Kuopio , † October 11, 1967 in Helsinki ), better known under the pseudonym Aapeli , was a Finnish journalist and writer .
He was first known in the 1940s with columns for the Eastern Finnish regional newspaper Savon Sanomat before he settled in Helsinki in 1952 as a freelance writer. In the 1950s in particular, he became known nationwide for his humorous novels about small-town life in Finland - especially his hometown Kuopio. In 1959 he was awarded two of the most important Finnish literary prizes, the State Literature Prize and the Eino-Leino Prize.
Works
- Onnen pipanoita: eli viisikymmentä juttua elämän aurinkoiselta puolelta (1947)
- Siunattu hulluus (1948)
- Pajupilli: pakinoita (1950)
- Mutahäntä ja muita (1953)
- Koko kaupungin Vinski (1954), German translation The Invisibility Powder
- Meidän lord muurahaisia: kavalkadi pienestä kaupungista (1954)
- Sipuleita: lapsellisia juttuja (1956)
- Vinski ja Vinsentti: koko kaupungin Vinskin uusia seikkailuja (1956)
- Onnipussi eli 110 pikkujuttua sieltä taältä ynnä kertomus Siunattu hulluus (1957)
- Pikku Pietarin piha (1958), German translation Der Hof des kleine Petrus (1961)
- Onko koira kotona? Pakinoita (1960)
- Alvari, Kananvahti (1961)
- Puuhevonen pakkasessa: familiäärejä kertomuksia triviaaleista aiheista (1962)
- Timonen ja muita tuttavia (1963)
- Pekko, runoilijan poika (1965)
- Kissa, Kissa, Kissa: Pakinoita (1967)
Web links
- Literature by and about Simo Puupponen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Hyvän tuulen voima - Aapeli (Finnish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Puupponen, Simo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Puupponen, Simo Tapio; Aapeli |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kuopio |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 1967 |
| Place of death | Helsinki |