Short name |
Anni Helmi Krohn |
VIAF |
http://viaf.org/viaf/67277376/ |
First name |
Anni Helmi |
Birth name |
Krohn |
Married name |
|
Alternative name |
Anni Kurki
,
Helmi Setälä
|
Date of birth |
1871 |
Date of death |
1967 |
Flourishing |
- |
Sex |
Female |
Place of birth |
Helsinki |
Place of death |
Helsinki |
Lived in |
Finland
|
Place of residence notes |
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Related to |
Ilmari Krohn
,
Ester Peltonen
,
Aune Krohn
,
Kallas, Aino
,
Maria (Minna) Wilhelmiina Krohn
,
Annikki Setälä
,
Paula af Heurlin
,
Hilja Haahti
,
Emilia Sofia (Emma) Krohn
,
Salme Setälä
|
Bibliography |
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Provisional Notes |
Helmi Krohn belonged to the famous Krohn-family of writers and academics. Her sisters were writers Aino Kallas and Aune Kallas. Helmi Krohn was a writer, a translator, a journalist, a chief editor and a copy editor. She was also a known spiritualist. JWfeb24
Helmi Krohn was the daugter of the professor Julius Krohn and her first wife Emma Nyberg. Her younger siblings were witers Aino Kallas and Aune Krohn. Helmi Krohn studied in the girl’s school but didn’t have courage to claim dispensation for studying in the university. She married professor E.N Setälä and helped him with her manuscripts and articles. She also worked as the subeditor of the cultural magazine Valvoja, which was edited at their home. Setälä wrote 39 works: novels, children's literature, memoirs, biographies. She also made translations and traveled a lot giving lectures. Krohn was also the editor of the children’s magazine Pääskynen. She was later a devoted spiritualist. Jwapr14 |