| Short name |
Minna Canth |
| VIAF |
|
| First name |
Minna |
| Maiden name |
|
| Married name |
|
| Alternative name |
Wilja
|
| Date of birth |
1844 |
| Date of death |
1897 |
| Flourishing |
- |
| Sex |
Female |
| Place of birth |
Finland |
| Place of death |
Finland |
| Lived in |
Finland
|
| Place of residence notes |
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| Related to |
Elisabeth Järnefelt
,
Johanna (Hanna) Wilhelmiina Asp
,
Hilda Asp
,
Anni Levander
,
Maiju Westerlund
,
Karoliina (Liina) Kahma
,
Anni Kepplerus
,
Elisabeth Stenius -Aarneenkallio
,
Lucina Hagman
,
Rosina Sofia Wetterhoff
|
| Bibliography |
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 |
| Provisional Notes |
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)
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