 Having mostly grown up and come of age in Finland, he was not well connected in Stockholm, which may have hampered his career potential.His works were published by large publishing houses in Sweden, Finland and Germany, including Bonniers, Wahlström & Wistrand, Åhlen & Åkerlund, Grönlunds, Lűbke & Hartmann, Breitkopf & Härtel and Schuster & Löffler.Paul continued to work on plays and novels and his career waxed and waned over the years.