Eino Hanski (17 July 1928 – 2000) was a

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- Finnish-

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n author, dramatist and sculptor. Born in

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in the

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, Eino Hanski's father was Finnish and his mother Karelian; Russian became his main language growing up, but most of his books were written in Swedish. Hanski came to Sweden in 1942 with his mother as a refuge from the

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. His father died in the war. Hanski lived in

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but returned to the Soviet Union many times; and it is also the subject of many of his writings.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hanski, Eino 1928 births 2000 deaths Writers from Gothenburg Swedish people of Finnish descent Refugees in Sweden Russian refugees Soviet emigrants to Sweden Swedish expatriates in the Soviet Union Swedish people of Karelian descent Swedish-language writers