Background
Yrjö Karilas was born at Hailuoto on 3 January 1891.
Yrjö Karilas was born at Hailuoto on 3 January 1891.
He is most known for his Pikkujättiläinen book series. He passed his Matriculation examination in 1908. In 1911, he started teaching Russian at Helsinki.
After the language was removed from the curriculum, he became an office employee at WSOY"s Helsinki office.
He oversaw the publication of multiple informative books, the most well-known being Pikkujättiläinen, published for the first time in 1924.