Ilmari Kianto Quotes

Ilmari Kianto , also known as Ilmari Calamnius and Ilmari Iki-Kianto, was a Finnish author. He is best known for his books Punainen viiva and Ryysyrannan Jooseppi . In his books, he describes people and living at Suomussalmi municipality in Kainuu region. Composer Jean Sibelius used Kianto's poem 'Lastu lainehilla' as the lyric for the beautiful last of his Seven Songs, Op.17 .

✵ 7. May 1874 – 27. April 1970
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Ilmari Kianto Quotes

“Are they human beings? Ask from those who have flown through the fires of hell if the red-Russkies are humans! Our boys outright deny it!”

Cited in: Tuomas Tepora, The Finnish Civil War 1918: History, Memory, Legacy, 2014, p. 191

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