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is ostensibly a researched study into the character of Hitler, but the totally outlandish stories quickly betray the book as a work of fiction. The two subsequent books follow the same pattern of telling a ridiculous history of the dictators while letting the author lament the effects such people
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Huovinen's further works never strayed far from humor, but started to exhibit the author's pacifistic philosophies and later took a turn towards black humor. A good example of such is the trilogy, referred by the author as "Three devilish mustached men";
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prompted some controversy at the time, as it portrays Hitler in a humoristic light. Huovinen countered the claims of impropriety by contending that by laughing at dictators, one strips them of their power to influence people.
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Huovinen worked as a forester from 1953 to 1956, until becoming a full-time author. In 1999, he was awarded an honorary professorship for his services to
Finnish literature. He was married and had 3 children.
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in 1952. Both of these concern the life and its peculiarities in the Kainuu region in
Finland, written in a unique style of humor and characterized by their inventive use of language. The main character in
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44:. As a novelist, his writing was known for its realism, pacifism, sharp intellect, and peculiar humor. He wrote 37 books, and one of his best-known humorous novels is
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Suomen saloilla. Kertomuksia ja perimätietoa savotoilta ja uittopurojen varsilta
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winning in five categories including Best Film, Best Actor, and Best
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Huovinen in Kuhmo, Finland, in a press event during the photography of the film
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Huovinen started writing in 1949 when working in a fire watch post in
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Pirunkalan leuat. Ajatuksia sodasta ja loistavista voitoista
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was adapted into a critically well-received 2004 film of
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380:Joe-setä – Aikalaisen kertomuksia Josef Stalinista
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314:Pylkkäs Konsta mehtäämässä ja muita erätarinoita
374:Matikanopettaja. Littlejuttuja eri aihelmista
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286:Tapion tarhat. Metsäpoliittista tarkastelua
338:Lentsu. Kertomus suomalaisten räkätaudista
293:Lampaansyöjät: Suomalainen reippailutarina
188:was the most successful film at the 2005
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588:20th-century dramatists and playwrights
508:Veikko Huovinen (1927–2009) in memoriam
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326:Kainuun kuvia, kuvat Jorma Komulainen
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301:Veitikka – A. Hitlerin elämä ja teot
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102:. His first short story collection,
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519:5 Jussis for Dog Nail Clipper
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398:Pietari Suuri hatun polki
131:Pietari Suuri hatun polki
578:Finnish-language writers
368:Seitsemän sinisen takana
332:Ronttosaurus, novelleja
208:Havukka-ahon ajattelija
113:Havukka-ahon Ajattelija
108:Havukka-ahon Ajattelija
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344:Koirankynnen leikkaaja
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416:Kolme viiksiniekkaa
410:Sinisilmäinen ohjus
437:Tiikeri ja leijona
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573:Finnish foresters
568:Finnish humorists
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362:Puukansan tarina
268:Lyhyet erikoiset
238:Konstan Pylkkerö
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186:Dog Nail Clipper
170:Dog Nail Clipper
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47:The Sheep Eaters
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543:2009 deaths
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473:Viime talvi
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445:, WSOY 1974
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166:translation
532:Categories
495:References
449:Lohkaisuja
308:Rasvamaksa
62:Early life
226:Hamsterit
392:Kukuskat
154:Veitikka
149:Veitikka
127:Joe-setä
100:Vuokatti
42:forester
38:novelist
76:Kajaani
72:Sotkamo
35:Finnish
480:Memoir
250:Kuikka
429:Plays
104:Hirri
141:and
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