Seitsemän veljestä
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Seitsemän veljestä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsei̯tsemæn ˈʋeljestæ]; literally translated The Seven Brothers, or The Brothers Seven[2] in Douglas Robinson's 2017 translation) is the first and only novel by Aleksis Kivi, the national author of Finland.[3] It is widely regarded as the first significant novel written in Finnish and by a Finnish-speaking author, and it is considered to be a real pioneer of Finnish realistic folklore. Today, some people still regard it as the greatest Finnish novel ever written,[4] and in time it has even gained the status of a "national novel of Finland".[3][5] The deep significance of the work for Finnish culture has even been quoted internationally, and in a BBC article by Lizzie Enfield, for example, describes Kivi's Seitsemän veljestä as "the book that shaped a Nordic identity."[6]
Author | Aleksis Kivi |
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Translator | Alex Matson, Richard Impola, Douglas Robinson |
Country | Finland |
Language | Finnish |
Publication date | February 2, 1870[1] |
Kivi began writing the work in the early 1860s and wrote it at least three times, but no manuscript has survived.[7] The work was largely created while Kivi lived in Siuntio's Fanjurkars with Charlotta Lönnqvist.[8] It was first time published in 1870 in four volumes, but the publication of a one-volume novel did not happen until 1873, a year after the author's death.[7]