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- The first novel published in Finnish was Seven Brothers (1870) by Aleksis Kivi (1834–1872), still generally considered to be one of the greatest of all works of Finnish literature.
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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.
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.
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 ...
Agricola's most prominent book is the first Finnish-language translation of the New Testament. The manuscript was completed in 1548. It contains 718 pages and many illustrations. Liturgical books. While Agricola was in Wittenberg, he translated three smaller liturgical books into Finnish. These books were printed in 1549.
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.
In the 1540s and 1550s, Finnish reformer Michael Agricola translated the first printed religious books into Finnish: the primer (Abc-kiria), New Testament (Se Wsi testamenti), prayer book (Rucouskiria Bibliasta), and some parts of the Old Testament. These were primarily intended for priests.
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.
