# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ilmari-kianto
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:00:44.241Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ilmari-kianto"
name: "Ilmari Kianto"
slug: "ilmari-kianto"
description: "Ilmari Kianto, also known as Ilmari Calamnius and Ilmari Iki-Kianto, was a Finnish author. He was born in Pulkkila, Northern Ostrobothnia, and 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. He was also a Karelian irredenitist and an anti-communist. He died in Helsinki, aged 95. Composer Jean Sibelius used Kianto's poem 'Lastu lainehilla' (Driftwood) as the lyric for the last of his Seven Songs, Op.17 (1902)."
tagline: "Finnish writer (1874–1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ilmari_Kianto.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1874-05-07"
deathDate: "1970-04-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.73
  momentum:             1.40625
  historical:           11.61026
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0452097/"
    handle:    "nm0452097"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "إيلمري كيانتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ιλμάρι Κιάντο"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilmari_Kianto"
    title: "Ilmari Kianto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilmari_Kianto"
    title: "Ilmari Kianto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilmari_Kianto"
    title: "Ilmari Kianto"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilmari_Kianto"
    title: "Ilmari Kianto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Кианто, Илмари"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump