Paavo Rintala

Who is Paavo Rintala?

Paavo Rintala is a Finnish novelist and theologian. He also wrote theatre pieces, radio plays and prose.

Rintala has won the Kirjallisuuden valtionpalkinto Finnish literature prize many times, including in 1956, 1963, 1966, 1972, 1973 and 1991. He won the Finlandia Prize as a Finnish laureate for his 1991 novel Sarmatian Orfeus. He also won the Runeberg Prize in 1994. Two of his novels have been adapted to film by Finnish film director Mikko Niskanen. First was the 1958 novel Pojat adapted in 1962 with same title. The other was the 1963 novel Sissiluutnantti adapted to film as Sissit.