Johannes Linnankoski (originallyVihtori Johan Peltonen, 18 October 1869 – 10 August 1913) was aFinnish author and playwright, who mainly influenced writing in theGolden Age of Finnish Art. His most famous work is the romance novel,The Song of the Blood-Red Flower (1905). His primary themes were guilt, punishment, and redemption as moral questions.
Linnankoski was born inVakkola,Askola and was active in the cultural life ofEastern Uusimaa. He was one of the founders of the bank inPorvoo and also founded Finnish-language schools and daily newspapers such asUusimaa, the first Finnish-language newspaper situated outside of the major towns of Uusimaa.
Linnankoski married Ester Drugg in 1899 and they had four children: Marjatta, Salama, Touko and Urmas. All his children were born under the surname Peltonen.[1]
In his last years he moved from Askola to theHelsinki Deaconess Institute, inHelsinki, for treatment of his poor health, and died there ofanemia at the age of 43 in 1913.
In 1938 a Linnankoski Museum was opened near thesauna building where Linnankoski was supposedly born.
His books have been made into numerous major feature films with the most famous and notorious beingThe Milkmaid (directed byT. J. Särkkä) andLaulu tulipunaisesta kukasta (directed byMikko Niskanen).The Song of the Blood-Red Flower has also been filmed in Sweden, in three different versions by directorsMauritz Stiller,Per-Axel Branner andGustaf Molander.
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