| Short name |
Maria Gustaava Jotuni |
| VIAF |
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| First name |
Maria Gustaava |
| Maiden name |
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| Married name |
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| Alternative name |
Maria Haggrén
,
Maria Jotuni -Tarkiainen
,
Nix
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| Date of birth |
1880 |
| Date of death |
1943 |
| Flourishing |
- |
| Sex |
Female |
| Place of birth |
Finland |
| Place of death |
Finland |
| Lived in |
Finland
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| Place of residence notes |
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| Related to |
-
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| Bibliography |
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) |
| Provisional Notes |
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 |