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Timo K. Mukka


Born
in Bollnäs, Sweden
December 17, 1944

Died
March 27, 1973

Genre
Contemporary


Timo Kustaa Mukka was a Finnish author who wrote about the lives of people in Lapland.

He was born in Bollnäs, Sweden. During his life Mukka studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki and completed nine novels, written in a lyrical prose style, about the harsh conditions in Lapland, the region of his childhood and of most of his adult life. These books were published in the years between 1964 and 1970.

In the early 1960s there sprang up a movement in Finnish literature called spontaneous-confessional fiction. It was heavily influenced by the writings of Henry Miller. Its two most prominent representatives were the enfants terribles of modern Finnish literature, poet and translator Pentti Saarikoski and author Hannu Salama. Among the writ ...more

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Average rating: 3.55 · 2,439 ratings · 132 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors
Maa on syntinen laulu
3.68 avg rating — 1,323 ratings — published 1964 — 16 editions
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Tabu
3.50 avg rating — 294 ratings — published 1965 — 6 editions
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Kyyhky ja unikko
3.36 avg rating — 284 ratings — published 1970 — 3 editions
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Laulu Sipirjan lapsista
3.60 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 1966 — 3 editions
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Koiran kuolema
3.12 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 1967
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Lumen pelko
3.15 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1970
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Täältä jostakin
3.26 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1965 — 2 editions
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Ja kesän heinä kuolee
3.12 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1968
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Punaista
2.98 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1966 — 2 editions
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Maa on syntinen laulu / Tabu
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“Voi rakkaani
sydän on kylmä
ja sammalta käteni kasvaa
Minun reiteni mullassa hajoovat maaksi
Ja haudalla risti jo lahona on.
Olen maa.
Olen maa johon tahdot.”
― Timo K. Mukka
tags: death, love, melancholy
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“Mie rakastan niinko lintu
mie taihvaale lennän ja laulan”
― Timo K. Mukka
tags: finnish-books
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