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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.
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 · By Lola Rogers. 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. Finland is an enlightened modern Nordic welfare state, wired, highly literate and technologically advanced.
Recent trends in book history research, besides focusing on the book itself as a technically manufactured object, have also generated an interest in a book’s cultural and societal signi˝cances.˜ Understanding the semiotics of books requires a mapping of wide-ranging linkages, for example the study of the books’ publication, marketing ...
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.
