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 |
| Mother | |
|---|---|
| Father | |
| Children | Levander, Anni |
| Religion / ideology | Protestant |
| Education | Other, School education |
| Aristocratic title | - |
| Professional or ecclesiastical title | - |
| related to | Asp, Hanna |
| related to | Järnefelt, Elisabeth |
| related to | Karoliina (Liina) Kahma |
| related to | Stenius -Aarneenkallio, Elisabeth |
| related to | Westerlund, Maiju |
| related to | Kepplerus, Anni |
| related to | Rosina Sofia Wetterhoff |
| related to | Hagman, Lucina |
| related to | Asp, Hilda Maria |
| related to | Levander, Anni |
| Profession(s) | |
|---|---|
| Memberships | |
| Place(s) of Residence | Finland |
Author of
| receptions | circulations | |
|---|---|---|
| Novelleja ja kertomuksia (1878) | 0 | 0 |
| Murtovarkaus (1883) | 2 | 0 |
|
Työmiehen vaimo
(1885)
is also a reception: is intertextual to La petite Fadette |
2 | 0 |
| Roinilan talossa (1885) | 3 | 0 |
| Köyhää kansaa (1886) | 4 | 0 |
| Hanna (1886) | 2 | 0 |
| Lapsenpiika (1887) | 1 | 0 |
| Salakari (1887) | 3 | 0 |
| Kovan onnen lapsia (1888) | 1 | 0 |
| Kauppa-Lopo (1889) | 1 | 0 |
| Papin perhe (1891) | 2 | 0 |
| Novelleja I-II (1892) | 3 | 0 |
| Agnes (1892) | 0 | 0 |
| Hän on Sysmästä (1893) | 1 | 0 |
| Sylvi (1893) | 4 | 0 |
| Résumé de Sylvie / drame en quatre actes de M:me Minna Canth. (1894) | 1 | 0 |
| Spiritistinen istunto (1894) | 2 | 0 |
| Anna Liisa (1895) | 3 | 0 |
| Kotoa pois (1895) | 1 | 0 |
|
Arvostelu Neiti Ellen Keyn viime lausunnoista naisasiassa
(1896)
is also a reception |
2 | 0 |
Editor of
-Copyist of
-Illustrator of
-Translator of
-Circulations of Canth, Minna, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
| Title | Date | Type |
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 | - |
| 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 ?