Finnish author Frans Eemil Sillanpää was born #OTD in 1888.
His early works, such as Elämä ja aurinko (Life and the Sun, 1916), showcase his fascination with nature and his ability to capture the essence of rural life. Sillanpää was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his novel Nuorena nukkunut (The Maid Silja, 1931), a poignant story of a young woman's life in rural Finland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Eemil_Sillanp%C3%A4%C3%A4
Books by Frans Eemil Sillanpää at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/43826