Antti Puhakka

Antti Puhakka

Antti Puhakka (April 24 1816 Kontiolahti, FinlandMarch 30 1893 Juva, Finland), was Finnish national romantic poet. [cite web | url= http://dbgw.finlit.fi/matr/tiedot.php?id=849| title= Finnish Literature Society - Author Database - Antti Puhakka| date= 2008 | publisher= Finnish Literature Society| accessdate= 2008-05-26] He was from Kontiolahti in Finnish Karelia. He was skilled writer and used Kalevala meter in his poems.

Puhakka was illiterate until he was twenty-one but after gaining the skill of writing he wrote nearly twenty thousand lines of poetry. Later he also became a member of the Finnish Literature Society.

Antti Puhakka was elected to the Diet of Finland four times after 1862 representing
land-owning peasants and became a popular politician in Finland. [citation| title = History Of Finnish Literature| first = Jaakko | last = Ahokas| page = 88| publisher = RoutledgeCurzon| isbn = 0700703802]

His most well-known poems are "Tuhman Jussin juttureissu" and "Surulaulu 1850 vuoden kiellosta".

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