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Lauri Perälä
1881–1942
A Finnish schoolteacher and writer whose life also reached into preaching and politics, he wrote with close ties to rural society and ordinary people. His work belongs to an era when literature, public service, and community life often met in the same person.
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64 päivää suomalaisen siirtokansan keskuudessa Amerikassa
by Lauri Perälä
About the author
Lauri Edvard Perälä was born in Alavus, Finland, on August 3, 1881, and died in Virrat on April 5, 1942. Reliable reference sources describe him as a schoolteacher, writer, lay preacher, and politician.
He served as a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1919 to 1924, representing the Agrarian League. That background suggests a writer deeply connected to countryside life, education, and the concerns of local communities.
Perälä is also known as the author of works preserved in Project Gutenberg, including 64 päivää suomalaisen siirtokansan keskuudessa Amerikassa. Available source material on him is fairly brief, but it consistently shows a figure whose literary work grew alongside public and religious service.