Linnankoski, Johannes

Japanese: リンナンコスキ（英語表記）Linnankoski， Johannes

Born: October 18, 1869, Ascola
[Died] August 10, 1913, Helsinki Finnish novelist. Real name Vihtori Peltonen. A representative national writer of neo-romanticism. Born to a peasant family, he was almost entirely self-taught. In 1899, he resigned as editor-in-chief of the newspaper Uusimaa and moved to the countryside with the determination to become a writer, where he energetically self-taught himself in literature, cultural history, philosophy, religion, and other subjects. He gained recognition for his play Ikuinen taistelu (1903), which deals with the issue of good and evil by using the biblical Cain and Abel as a model. His main works include Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta (05), Taistelu Heikkilän talosta (05), Pakolaiset (08), and the play Jeftan tytär (11).

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Japanese:

[生]1869.10.18. アスコラ
[没]1913.8.10. ヘルシンキ
フィンランドの小説家。本名 Vihtori Peltonen。新ロマン主義の代表的国民作家。農民出身で，ほとんど独学で学んだ。 1899年『ウーシマー』紙の編集長を辞し，作家になる決意で田舎に住んで，文学，文化史，哲学，宗教などを精力的に独学。聖書のカインとアベルに取材した善悪の問題をテーマとする戯曲『永遠の闘争』 Ikuinen taistelu (1903) で認められた。主著『真紅の花の歌』 Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta (05) ，『ヘイッキラ農園の争い』 Taistelu Heikkilän talosta (05) ，『逃避者』 Pakolaiset (08) ，戯曲『イェフタの娘』 Jeftan tytär (11) 。

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