Voitto Viro

1914–1999 (age 85)

Biography

Voitto Viro pursued a life of letters, writing with a steady reverence for Finnish stories and the human dramas that shaped the twentieth century.

Peers recall the care he took with narrative detail and the dignity he afforded his subjects, a legacy that endures in the calm landscape of Hietaniemi Cemetery.

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