author
Nestor Niemelä
1862–1889
A Finnish writer whose life was cut short at just 26, he left behind fiction rooted in rural life and was also published under the pen name N. Niemelä.
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Takamaan torpparit
by Nestor Niemelä
About the author
Born in Punkalaidun on September 12, 1862, he was a Finnish author who died there on May 23, 1889. Although his life was brief, he is remembered as part of Finland’s 19th-century literary history.
His works were also published under the pen name N. Niemelä. Project Gutenberg lists several of his books, which has helped keep his writing accessible to modern readers.
The most easily confirmed sources available here give only a compact outline of his life, but they clearly place him among Finnish prose writers of his time.