Teuvo Pakkala was a Finnish

Finland

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 author

Author

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, playwright

Playwright

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, reporter, linguist and teacher.

Pakkala is considered to be one of the realists

Realism (arts)

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 of the 1880s and 1890s, and he is also often called a naturalist

Naturalism (literature)

Naturalism was a literary movement taking place from the 1880s to 1940s that used detailed realism to suggest that social conditions, heredity, and environment had inescapable force in shaping human character...

. Pakkala's works are especially noted for their portrayal of children.

Filmmaking career

Late in his life, Teuvo Pakkala became interested in filmmaking. In 1921 he co-founded the original Finn Film

Finn Film

Finn Film is a Finnish motion picture corporation. It was originally established in 1921, but made only one movie before finishing business in 1922. It was re-established in 2001.- Original corporation :...

 in Oulu

Oulu

Oulu is a city and municipality of inhabitants in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, in Finland. It is the most populous city in Northern Finland and the sixth most populous city in the country. It is one of the northernmost larger cities in the world....

, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

, with Toivo T. Kaila and G.H. Michelson.

Finn Film produced its only movie, Sotapolulla (On the Warpath), in 1921. Pakkala wrote the screenplay and directed the film.

Novels and collections of short stories

• Oulua soutamassa (1885)
• Vaaralla (1891)
• Elsa (1894)
• Lapsia (1895)
• Pieni elämäntarina (1902)
• Pikku ihmisiä (1913)
• Kertomuksia (1928)
• Väliaita ja muita kadonneita kertomuksia (1986)

Non-fiction works

• Aapinen (1908)
• Kirjeet 1882–1925 (1982)
• Lapsuuteni muistoja (1885)

Translations into Finnish language

• Aina (= Forssman, Edith): Uusia kertomuksia Iltalampun ääressä (1895)
• Hamsun, Knut
  Knut Hamsun
  Knut Hamsun was a Norwegian author, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. He was praised by King Haakon VII of Norway as Norway's soul....
  
  : Victoria (1899)
• Hellwald, Friedrich Anton Heller von
  Friedrich von Hellwald
  Friedrich von Hellwald was an Austrian writer on geography and the history of civilization.-Biography:He was born at Padua. He entered the Austrian Army in 1858, and was lieutenant of cavalry in the war with Prussia; from 1871 to 1873 at Augsburg, then until 1882 at Cannstatt, he was editor of...
  
  : Maa ja sen kansat (1900)
• Ibsen, Henrik
  Henrik Ibsen
  Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...
  
  : Pikku Eyolf (1895)
• Kielland, Alexander Lange
  Alexander Kielland
  Alexander Lange Kielland was one of the most famous Norwegian realistic writers of the 19th century. He is one of the so-called "The Four Greats" in Norwegian literature, along with Henrik Ibsen, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and Jonas Lie.-Background:Born in Stavanger, Norway, he grew up in a rich...
  
  : Työmiehiä (1884)
• Lie, Jonas
  Jonas Lie
  Jonas Lauritz Idemil Lie was a Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright who is considered to have been one of the Four Greats of 19th century Norwegian literature, together with Henrik Ibsen, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and Alexander Kielland.-Background:Jonas Lie was born at Hokksund in Øvre Eiker, in...
  
  : Luotsi ja hänen vaimonsa (1895)
• Malot, Hector
  Hector Malot
  Hector Malot was a French writer born in La Bouille, Seine-Maritime. He studied law in Rouen and Paris, but eventually literature became his passion. He worked as a dramatic critic for Lloyd Francais and as a literary critic for L'Opinion Nationale.His first book, published in 1859, was Les...
  
  : Koditon 1–2 (1898–1899)
• Meyer, Leopold: Pienten lasten hoito (1904)
• Nansen, Fridtjof
  Fridtjof Nansen
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  : Pohjan pimeillä perillä 1–2 (1896–1897)
• Nansen, Fridtjof: Suksilla poikki Grönlannin (1896)
• Weyman, Stanley
  Stanley J. Weyman
  Stanley John Weyman was an English novelist sometimes referred to as the "Prince of Romance".-Biography:Weyman was born at Ludlow, Shropshire. The second son of a solicitor, he was educated at Shrewsbury School, and at Christ Church, Oxford...
  
  : Susi (1898)

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