Veikko Korhonen

Born in Rautalampi, Finland, on June 12, 1888, and dying in Helsinki on January 17, 1942, Veikko Matias Korhonen was a Finnish journalist and author who lived for much of his life in Rautalampi. He also published under several pen names, including Erämies, Ville Heinämaa, Antti Karisuo, Eino Koivuranta, Epra Kujanpää, K. V. Kujansuu, and Olli Ojamaa.

Korhonen wrote a large number of books in the 1910s through the 1930s, and his output is often described as part of early Finnish popular literature. His range was broad: novels, village stories, plays, children’s books, animal tales, and historical works all appear in his bibliography. Surviving catalogs of his work include titles such as Maattomia, Häpeä, Sairas veri, Metsien mies, Pihamaa ja takalisto, and the two-part Suomen historiallisia kertomuksia.

Sources on his life describe him first as a newspaperman and note that his writing reflected many sides of Finnish society. Even from a brief overview, he stands out less as a single-book author than as a dependable, versatile writer whose stories reached readers across many genres.