Juhani Aho (September 11, 1861 - August 8, 1921) was the first professional Finnish writer and is regarded as a kind of national writer of Finland. Juhani Aho was known as Johannes Brofeldt before he changed his name in 1907. September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
He wrote several novels and an even greater number of short stories of distinct style, called "splinters" ("lastuja" in Finnish). Their topics could vary from political allegories to depictions of everyday life. The first and most famous of them is "When Father Brought Home the Lamp", depicting the effect of the innovation on people living on country.
Aho's literary output is wide-ranging since he pursued different styles as time passed. He started as a realist and his first novel Rautatie (Railroad), which is considered one of his main works, is from this perioid. Later he approached towards neoromanticism with his books Panu, Kevät ja Takatalvi, and Juha, which is also one of great Finnish classics.
External links
The English translation When Father Brought Home the Lamp which appears in Stories by Foreign Authors : Scandinavian
Works by Juhani Aho at Project Gutenberg - note that they are original Finnish versions, not translations.
In his novel HELSINKIIN (1889) Aho drew a portrait of a young student who moves from a small town to a metropol and is swept into the joys of the city life.
As a writer Aho was highly respected and influential Finnish politicians suggested him as the Finnish candidate for the Nobel Prize in literature.
Aho was considered mostly as a 'portrayer of people' and humorist, but the significance of his work dealing with the educated class has been recognized since 1980s.
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