Lönnrot, Elias

Japanese: リョンロート(英語表記)Lönnrot, Elias
Lönnrot, Elias
Born: April 9, 1802. Sanmatti
Died: March 19, 1884. Sammatti Finnish folklorist. Known for collecting and editing the national epic poem, Kalevala. Born the son of a poor tailor, he first studied literature and then medicine. While working as a doctor, he continued his energetic work, compiling the Kalevala in 1835 and completing the definitive edition of 22,795 lines with further additions in 1849. He also compiled many other valuable Finnic materials, including Kanteletar (1840-41), on national lyric poetry, spell poetry, and proverbs.

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Japanese:
[生]1802.4.9. サンマッティ
[没]1884.3.19. サンマッティ
フィンランドの民俗学者。民族叙事詩『カレワラ』 Kalevalaの採集,編集者として知られる。貧しい仕立屋の子として生れ,初め文学,のちに医学を学んだ。医者として勤務するかたわら,精力的な活動を続け,1835年『カレワラ』を編纂,49年さらに増補を加えて2万 2795行に及ぶ定本を完成した。ほかにも『カンテレタル』 Kanteletar (1840~41) をはじめ,民族抒情詩,呪文詩,諺などについてフィン語派の貴重な資料を多く編纂した。

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