Pentti Haanpää [SEP] place of death
Pentti Haanpää
Pentti Haanpää (October 14, 1905, Pulkkila – September 30, 1955 Pyhäntä) was a Finnish author. He is best known for his books "Vääpeli Sadon tapaus" 1935 and "Noitaympyrä" 1931.
Bibliography.
- "Maantietä pitkin" 1925, Swedish version: "Hemfolk och strykare"
- "Tuuli käy heidän ylitseen" 1927
- "Kenttä ja kasarmi" 1928
- "Noitaympyrä" 1931/1956
- "Vääpeli Sadon tapaus" 1935/1956
- "Isännät ja isäntien varjot
and had a strong aesthetic vision. She demanded quality and beauty. Writer Pentti Haanpää characterised her: ""Nothing else was good to her than perfectly good"".
Legacy.
After Nora Pöyhönen's death in 1938 and her descendants led and developed her school until 1990. Its study programme soon covered courses for home economics advisors, gardening teachers and apiarists. The school became state-owned in 1955 and it still exists as vocational school.