Erno Paasilinna [SEP] place of death
Erno Paasilinna
Erno Paasilinna (14 March 1935 in Petsamo – 30 September 2000 in Tampere) was a Finnish writer and journalist. He received several literary prizes, the most notable being the Finlandia Prize in 1984 for his collection of essays "Yksinäisyys ja uhma" ("Loneliness and Defiance"). His works have been translated into Estonian, Hungarian, Swedish, Norwegian, Russian and Latvian.
Erno Paasilinna has been titled the "national cynic laureate" and "official state critic" due to his uncompromising views and
obeyed Valkonen's direct order. 
After the war, an investigation of Pekurinen's death was launched but never completed. He remained effectively forgotten for over fifty years, until the publication in 1998 of the book "Courage: The life and execution of Arndt Pekurinen" by Erno Paasilinna. The city of Helsinki named a park "Arndt Pekurisen puisto" ("The park of Arndt Pekurinen") in his memory.
According to the book by Erno Paasilinna, Pekurinen's motto was inspired by Jonathan Swift: "As