Canth, Minna (1844 - 1897)

Short name Canth, Minna
VIAF http://viaf.org/viaf/76434180/
First name Ulrika Wilhelmina
Birth name Johnson
Married name
Alternative name Wilja
Date of birth 1844
Date of death 1897
Flourishing -
Sex Female
Place of birth Tampere
Place of death Kuopio
Lived in Finland
Place of residence notes
Atelier I V. Barsokevitsch, portrait of Minna Canth, unknown date
Mother
Father
Children Levander, Anni
Religion / ideology Protestant
Education Other, School education
Aristocratic title -
Professional or ecclesiastical title -
Profession(s)
Memberships
Place(s) of Residence Finland
Receptions of Canth, Minna, the person (for receptions of her works, see under each individual Work)
Title Author Date Type
Journal des Débats politiques et littéraires: Courrier des Théatres. Journal of political and literary debates Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1897 comments on person
Itä-Suomen Sanomat no 87 Itä-Suomen Sanomat (newspaper) Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1897 comments on person
Finsko ženstvo Finnish Womanhood Govekar, Minka 1905 None
Minna Canthin elämäkerta Biography of Minna Canth Hagman, Lucina 1906 is biography of
Atelier I V. Barsokevitsch, portrait of Minna Canth, unknown date None is portrait of
MENTIONED IN: - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: "She is famous for being the first Finnish realist writer, and she is synonymous with the modern breakthrough in Finland". - Schoolfield, George 1998: A History of Finland's Literature
No translations in French in Cat.BnF; nor in Dutch (NCC/Picarta), nor apparently in English in Cat. BL. svdnov09. - summary of her play "Sylvi" came out in Wiipuri as a French translation (1894, Résumé de Sylvie. Drame en quatre actes de M:me Minna Canth) and in Hamburg (1908) as a German translation. - some of her works (Hanna, Työmiehen vaimo, Köyhää kansaa, Salakari) were translated into Swedish during the 1880’s and 1890’s. - her short autobiography was included in the Swedish translation of her extended novella Hanna (1886), another autobiographical piece was published in the Norwegian magazine Samtiden (1891) VC [to be included as receptions, svd] KLK 1904 modif.Mihurko 25-1-17: what was done ?