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The first novel published in Finnish was Seven Brothers (1870) by Aleksis Kivi (1834–1872). The book Meek Heritage (1919) by Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888–1964) made him the first Finnish Nobel Prize winner. Another notable author is Väinö Linna.
The founder of literary Finnish was the religious reformer Mikael Agricola, the first Lutheran bishop of Finland, who published a Finnish primer (c. 1543) and a translation of the New Testament from Greek into Finnish (1548). (The first Finnish translation of the whole Bible was published in 1642.) In the prefaces to his translations, Agricola ...
Abckiria (also sometimes spelled ABC-kiria, and spelled "ABC-kirja" in contemporary Finnish), in English "ABC book", is the first book that was published in the Finnish language. It was written by Mikael Agricola, a bishop and Lutheran Reformer, and was first published in 1543.
In 1543 he published his first book, ABC-book. It was the first publication ever printed in the Finnish language and it was later re-published twice. In 1544 Agricola published the Prayer-Book, in 1548 the New Testament, in 1549 a liturgical handbook, a mass-book, and a book about the passion of Christ.
Dec 9, 2020 · The first novel in Finnish, Seven Brothers (Seitsemän veljestä) by Aleksis Kivi (1834–1872), was published in 1870. Seven Brothers has been translated into 34 different languages and is still considered one of the most important works of Finnish literature.
Old Literary Finnish is defined as the form of written Finnish that was used in the period between the publication of the first book printed in Finnish ( Mikael Agricola ’s ABC -book published in the 1540s) and the year 1810, which marked the start of the battle between the western and eastern Finnish dialects.
Aug 1, 2014 · Finnish translator Lola Rogers discusses Finnish history and introduces the pieces featured in the August 2014 issue of Words Without Borders. August 1, 2014. Published in A New North: Contemporary Writing from Finland.
