Juhani Aho
1861–1921
Biography
Juhani Aho was the pen name of Johannes Brofeldt (1861–1921), who worked in Finland as a writer of fiction and a newspaper journalist. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature sixteen times, which points to recognition well beyond Finland.
He was one of the central figures in Finnish-language prose around 1900, writing about rural life and small communities with a realist eye. His novel Juha (1911) is among the works most often read today.
The site holds Juha, the collection Lastuja I–III, and Papin tytär. Together they show him working at novel length and in shorter pieces, which suits a writer who also earned his living from newspapers.
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Books
Juha
by Juhani Aho
Juha is a novel by Finnish writer Juhani Aho, published in 1911. It is considered one of Aho's most important works: after its publication, Aho consolidated his role as the "national writer" of Finland. The novel is at once characterized as one of his most classical and most…
Summary from Wikipedia: Juha (novel) (CC BY-SA 4.0)Lastuja I-III
by Juhani Aho
Juhani Aho called his short prose pieces lastuja, the chips that fly from a carpenter's knife. This edition gathers the first three collections: scenes of country life, hunting and animal tales, childhood and school memories, sketches of Helsinki and sharp little satires, more…
Summary written by Claude Opus 5.5.Papin tytär
by Juhani Aho
Elli grows up in a country rectory, a spirited girl whose imagination finds little room in her strict father's house. A summer visit by a young student wakes hopes in her that the life planned for a pastor's daughter cannot hold. Aho's early novel is a quiet study of a girl…
Summary written by Claude Opus 5.5.Rautatie
by Juhani Aho
Rautatie (Finnish for "railroad") is the first novel by the Finnish writer Juhani Aho, published in 1884. Its style has been called national miniature realism. The novel is about the quiet life of a couple living in the middle of the woods and their attempts at imagining what a…
Summary from Wikipedia: Rautatie (CC BY-SA 4.0)Yksin
by Juhani Aho
A Finnish man in his thirties is turned down by the young woman he loves and leaves for Paris to forget her. Alone among the boulevards, cafés and night life of the city, he drifts between temptation and longing. The short novel, close to Aho's own life, caused a stir when it…
Summary written by Claude Opus 5.5.