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Linnankoski, Johannes (1869–1913)| Finnish novelist and journalist. His reputation rests chiefly on Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta/The Song of the Blood-Red Flower 1905, a didactic novel about the sexual development of a young man and his rise from lumberjack to landowner. |
| He also published the novel Pakolaiset/The Refugees 1908; several dramas, such as Ikuinen taistelu/The Eternal Struggle 1903; and a number of short stories. |
| Linnankoski was born in Askola, near Helsinki. He entered the teacher-training college in Jyväskylä 1881 but was expelled. He then turned to journalism, and within ten years had amassed sufficient wealth to devote himself to literature. |
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