Writers
- Juhani Aho – first professional writer
- Minna Canth – first notable woman author (1844 – 1897)
- Bo Carpelan
- Marco Casagrande
- Jörn Donner – author and politician
- Pentti Haanpää
- Aarne Haapakoski – pulp writer with pseudonym Outsider
- Paavo Haavikko
- Saima Harmaja – poet (1913 – 1937)
- Laila Hietamies
- Veikko Huovinen
- Antti Hyry
- Anna-Leena Härkönen
- Risto Isomäki – science fiction writer
- Tove Jansson – children's author of Moomin fame (1914 – 2001)
- Maria Jotuni (1880 – 1943)
- Markus Kajo – comedy writer (1957 –)
- Taito Kantonen
- Volter Kilpi
- Marko Kitti
- Aleksis Kivi – first significant author in Finnish (1834 – 1872)
- Leena Krohn
- Torsti Lehtinen – writer and philosopher
- Joel Lehtonen
- Kimmo Lehtonen – science fiction novelist
- Eino Leino (1878 – 1926)
- Rosa Liksom
- Väinö Linna – author of The Unknown Soldier (1920 – 1992)
- Johannes Linnankoski
- Elias Lönnrot – Compiled the Kalevala (1802 – 1884)
- Veijo Meri
- Pertti Nieminen
- Sofi Oksanen
- Arto Paasilinna
- Erno Paasilinna
- Olavi Paavolainen
- Onni Palaste – war novelist (1917 – 2009)
- Antti Puhakka – national romantic poet & politician (1816 – 1893)
- Kalle Päätalo (1919 – 2000)
- Johan Ludvig Runeberg – national poet (1804 – 1877)
- Pentti Saarikoski
- Frans Emil Sillanpää – Nobelist (1888 – 1964)
- Johanna Sinisalo
- Tommy Tabermann – also known from TV-series Have I Got News For You aka Uutisvuoto
- Marton Taiga – pseudonym of Martti Löfberg
- Jari Tervo – also known from TV-series Have I Got News For You aka Uutisvuoto
- Märta Tikkanen
- Zacharias Topelius – author and historian (1818 – 1898)
- Jouko Turkka
- Antti Tuuri
- Kaari Utrio
- Hella Wuolijoki
- Mika Waltari (1908 – 1979)
- Kim Weckström
- Lauri Viita – poet and novelist known for extreme rhyme skill
- Kjell Westö
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“Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time, and that stillness without which literature cannot be made.”
—Gore Vidal (b. 1925)
“... we writers are the most lily-livered of all craftsmen. We expect more, for the most peewee efforts, than any other people.”
—Brenda Ueland (1891–1985)
“All those writers who write about their childhood! Gentle God, if I wrote about mine you wouldn’t sit in the same room with me.”
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