# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kalle-paatalo
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:39:47.108Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kalle-paatalo"
name: "Kalle Päätalo"
slug: "kalle-paatalo"
description: "Kaarlo (Kalle) Alvar Päätalo was a Finnish novelist, the most popular Finnish writer in the 20th century. His Iijoki series, comprising 26 novels, is one of the longest autobiographical works ever written."
tagline: "Finnish novelist (1919–2000)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kalle_P%C3%A4%C3%A4talo_vuonna_1958.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1919-11-11"
deathDate: "2000-11-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.68
  momentum:             0.7655502392344498
  historical:           11.87476666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0701757/"
    handle:    "nm0701757"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "كالي بآتلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kalle Päätalo"
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    title: "Kalle Päätalo"
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  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalle_P%C3%A4%C3%A4talo"
    title: "Kalle Päätalo"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalle_P%C3%A4%C3%A4talo"
    title: "Kalle Päätalo"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalle_P%C3%A4%C3%A4talo"
    title: "Kalle Päätalo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kalle Päätalo"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kalle Päätalo"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q636923"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Kalle Päätalo"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump