Tauno Kaukonen

Author

Tauno Kaukonen (1929-1983) was a Finnish writer from a working class background. He worked as a warehouse assistant, construction worker, farmer, ironworker, and painter before becoming a writer. The author of three novels and various plays, dramatisations and novellas, Kaukonen received critical acclaim for his debut, The Clan, which won the Tampere City Literature Prize in 1963.