Asp, Isa (1853 - 1972)

Short name Asp, Isa
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First name Louise "Isa"
Birth name Asp
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Date of birth 1853
Date of death 1972
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Sex Female
Place of birth Utajärvi
Place of death Jyväskylä
Lived in Finland
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Religion / ideology Protestant
Education Educated at home, Other, School education
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Asp, Isa was ...
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Place(s) of Residence Finland
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Receptions of Asp, Isa, the person (for receptions of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Isa Asp. Nuoren pohjalaisen runoilijaneidon elämäntarina Isa Asp. The life story of a young poet maid from Ostrobothnia Krohn, Helmi 1912 is biography of
Mentioned in Suomen kirjallisuushistoria I
Isa Asp was the first female writer writing in Finnish. She was born in a Swedish speaking family but become a Fennoman in the teacher’s seminar in Jyväskylä. As a young girl she wrote her own magazines and later she was teacher for her younger siblings. She also studied in a swedish private school for girls. In Jyväskylä she became a praised poet who was often used in celebrations. Many of her poems were love poems dedicated for her female friends, and even quite openly erotic. She was also skillful in using shape in her poems. Asp died in tuberculosis at an early age. Suomen kirjallisuushistoria I, 311-312. JWapr14 No VIAF, CERL record to be made. JWdec24