Eino Leino was born on July 6, 1878 in Paltamo, Finland. He was a writer, known for Simo Hurtta (1940), Kesä (1915) and The Rise and Fall of a Friendship (2012). He was previously married to Hanna Laitinen, Aino Kajanus and Thyra Freya Franzena Schoultz. He died on January 10, 1926 in Tuusula, Finland.