Jotuni, Maria (1880 - 1943)
| Short name | Jotuni, Maria |
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| First name | Maria Gustaava |
| Birth name | Jotuni |
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| Alternative name | Maria Haggrén , Maria Jotuni -Tarkiainen , Nix |
| Date of birth | 1880 |
| Date of death | 1943 |
| Flourishing | - |
| Sex | Female |
| Place of birth | Kuopio |
| Place of death | Helsinki |
| Lived in | Finland |
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| Education | Higher education, School education |
| Aristocratic title | - |
| Professional or ecclesiastical title | - |
Jotuni, Maria was ...
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| Place(s) of Residence | Finland |
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Receptions of Jotuni, Maria, the person (for receptions of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Research in Finnish by e.g. Irmeli Niemi, Lea Rojola, Riikka Rossi In English: A History of Finland's Literature, ed. by George C. Schoolfield (1998) One of her plays (Kultainen vasikka, 1918) translated into English as "The Golden Calf" and included in a selection of plays "Portraits of Courage. Plays by Finnish Women", ed. by S.E. Wilmer (1997)
Jotuni studied at the university (history and literature) and contributed to student magazines. At the university, Jotuni met Viljo Tarkiainen (1879-1951), whom she later (1911) married. Tarkiainen was lecturing there and, later, became a Professor of Literature and an influential literary critic. There are various disputes about the importance of Tarkiainen's influential position in view of Jotuin's success as a writer (though her reception was by no means merely positive).
Considered a follower of Minna Canth in terms of using the heritage of realist-naturalist prose and drama in depictions of women and their lives; in her "laconic" short stories, she has been considered a foremother of later female short story writers, e.g. the contemporary writer Rosa Liksom