Maanpakolainen

Born in 1883 in Vahto, Konrad Lehtimäki was a Finnish writer, journalist, and politician. He is remembered as one of the early Finnish working-class authors, and his writing grew out of the social questions and political struggles of his time.

Alongside his literary work, he served as a Social Democratic member of Parliament. That mix of public life and storytelling gives his work a strong sense of lived experience: he wrote about ordinary people, pressure from society, and the emotional cost of injustice in a direct, accessible way.

Maanpakolainen is one of the works associated with his name, and modern editions continue to present it to new readers. Lehtimäki died in 1937, but he remains part of the story of how Finnish literature opened more space for working-class voices.