Antti Puhakka
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Antti Puhakka (April 24, 1816 Kontiolahti, Finland – March 30, 1893 Juva, Finland), was Finnish national romantic poet.[1] 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.[2]
His most well-known poems are "Tuhman Jussin juttureissu" and "Surulaulu 1850 vuoden kiellosta".
[edit] References
- ^ Finnish Literature Society - Author Database - Antti Puhakka. Finnish Literature Society (2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
- ^ Ahokas, Jaakko, History Of Finnish Literature, RoutledgeCurzon, p. 88, ISBN 0700703802
