Arto Paasilinna (1942–2018) was a Finnish poet, novelist, screenwriter, and jourrnalist. Paasilinna was born in Kittilä on 20 April 1942. He died in Espoo on 15 October 2018, at the age of 76.
Among the titles that carry the name are The Year of the Hare, A Charming Mass Suicide and The Best Village in the World. The output is classed under fiction literature. Paasilinna worked in literature. He had begun working by 1964.
Paasilinna was awarded Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland (1993), Jussi Award for Best Script (1978) and Giuseppe Acerbi literary prize (1994).
The recorded cause of death is cerebrovascular disease.
The entry appears in 46 languages, placing Arto Paasilinna among the film names followed well outside Finland.
