{{Short description|Finnish novelist snd journalist (1915–1967)}} {{Multiple issues| {{no footnotes|date=February 2012}} {{One source|date=October 2024}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} thumb|right|200px|Simo Puupponen {{when|date=May 2026}}
'''Simo Tapio Puupponen''' (23 October 1915 – 11 October 1967), better known by the pen name '''Aapeli''', was a Finnish journalist and novelist.
Aapeli was born in Kuopio, and became a journalist for the ''Pohjois-Savo'' and ''Savon Sanomat'' newspapers. In 1959, Aapeli won the Eino Leino Prize and the State literature prize.{{clarify|date=May 2026}}
He died, aged 51, in Helsinki. His novels were turned into films and plays in the 1970s. In 1977, his historical novels of the ''Aika hyvä ihmiseksi'' series were made into a feature film, ''People Not as Bad as They Seem''. {{Clear}}
==See also== {{Portal|Biography|Finland|Journalism|Novels}} * List of Finnish writers * List of historical novelists * Lists of journalists {{Clear}}
==References== *[http://www.kansallisbiografia.fi/kb/artikkeli/8755/ Biography in Biografiakeskus]
==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0007418|name=Aapeli}}
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