Maria Jotuni

Maria Jotuni
Maria Jotuni
Born	Maria Gustaava Jotuni 9 April 1880(1880-04-09) Kuopio, Finland
Died	30 September 1943(1943-09-30) (aged 63) Helsinki, Finland

Maria Gustaava Jotuni (Haggrén until 1906,^[1] Jotuni-Tarkiainen from 1911, born 9 April 1880^[1] Kuopio – 30 September 1943 in Helsinki) was a notable Finnish author and a playwright.

Life

Jotuni went to a girl school in Kuopio.^[2] She graduated in 1900 and planned on becoming a teacher. In 1900-1904 she studied history and literature at the University of Helsinki.^[2] Jotuni met her future husband, Viljo Tarkiainen (1879–1951) in the university, and they got married in 1911. They also got two children: Jukka Tarkiainen and Tuttu Tarkiainen. She started working as a journalist in student magazine of University of Helsinki. Maria Haggrén changed her surname to Jotuni in 1906. "Jotuni" means a giant in Scandinavian mythology.^[2][3][4] She died because of heart disease. That happened in Helsinki.^[1]

Works

Plays:

• Vanha koti (1910)
• Miehen kylkiluu (1914)
• Savu-uhri (1915)
• Kultainen vasikka (1918)
• Tohvelisankarin rouva (1924)
• Olen syyllinen (1929)
• Kurdin prinssi (1932)
• Klaus, Louhikon herra (1942)

Novels:

• Arkielämää (1909)
• Huojuva talo (1936, published 1963 posthumously). Depicts the contemporary literal ideas, realism and Tolstoyism.
• Äiti ja poika. Elämän hiljaisina hetkinä (1965)
• Norsunluinen laulu (1947, posthumous)
• Jäähyväiset (1949, posthumous).

Short stories:

• Suhteita (1905)
• Rakkautta (1907)
• Kun on tunteet (1913)
• Martinin rikos (1914)
• Jussi ja Lassi (1921)
• Tyttö ruusutarhassa (1927)

Collection of other works:

• Kootut teokset I–IV (1930)
• Valitut teokset (1954)
• Maria Jotunin aforismit (1959)
• Novellit ja muuta proosaa I–II, edited by Irmeli Niemi, Otava, 1980
• Näytelmät, edited by Irmeli Niemi. Otava, 1981.
• Kun on tunteet, Tyttö ruusutarhassa ynnä muita novelleja edited by Irmeli Niemi, SKS, 1999, 262 pages, ISBN 951-746-125-9

Sources

1. ^ ^{a b c} http://www.dr.dk/php/drmu/forfatteratlas/svt.php?mode=writer&page=about&id=128&last=128 information in English (there is a tab that when you press it, it will turn to English version)
2. ^ ^{a b c} http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/jotuni.htm Finnish literature site
3. ^ http://www.koulut.kuopio.fi/Koulu125/1897/Mjotuni.htm education site from Kuopio (in Finnish)
4. ^ http://tuhannettunteet.kuopio.fi/main.asp?sid=16&sivu=31&kpl=2&o=31 literature site from Kuopio (in Finnish)

External links

• http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/jotuni.htm Literature page in English about Jotuni
• http://home.c2i.net/amd/finwomen/jotuni.htm Another page about Jotuni
• http://www.teatteri.org/theatre/nevala.htm Finnish theatre site about Jotuni

Persondata
Name	Jotuni, Maria
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Date of birth	9 April 1880
Place of birth	Kuopio, Finland
Date of death	30 September 1943
Place of death	Helsinki, Finland