Paavo Rintala

Paavo Olavi Rintala[1] (20 September 1930 – 8 August 1999) was a Finnish novelist and theologian.

He also wrote theatre pieces, radio plays and prose.

He has won the Finnish State Prize for Literature (Kirjallisuuden valtionpalkinto) many times, including in 1956, 1963, 1966, 1972, 1972 and 1991.

He won the Finlandia Prize as a Finnish laureate for his 1991 novel Sarmatian Orfeus.

Rintala died in Kirkkonummi, Finland, and he is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.