Join Yle News‘ ‘All Points North’ podcast for a journey through Finland‘s year in the news.
The Unknown Soldier is a classic of Finnish film and literature, synonymous with Finnish
independence and Finnish independence Day. This episode delves into Väinö Linna’s seminal
work to find out why it has become such a cornerstone of Finnish collective memory. Journalist Toivo Haimi explains why the book
transformed Finnish memories of the Second World War, while Liesl Yamaguchi offers an insight into how she went about translating the
novel for the 2015 version.
Egan Richardson presented this episode of All Points North. The sound engineer was Tuomas
Vauhkonen.
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