Joel Lehtonen
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Joel Lehtonen (November 11, 1881 - 1934) was a Finnish author, translator, critic and journalist. Born in Sääminki, close by to Savonlinna he committed suicide in November of 1934. His childhood was fatherless and poverty-stricken, his mother suffered from mental frailties and Joel himself was forced into paupery. Joel's foster mother supported his schooling and Lehtonen was able to study literature for a few years in the University of Helsinki, but dropped out without completing a degree.
As an author, he began as a neoromanticist, but after the Finnish Civil War his outlook transformed into deep pessimism and disenchanted scepticism.
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- Paholaisen viulu (1904)
- Perm (1904)
- Mataleena (1905)
- Villi (1905)
- Tarulinna : Suomen kansan satuja Suomen lapsille (1906)
- Myrtti ja alppiruusu (1911)
- Rakkaita muistoja (1911)
- Punainen mylly (1913)
- Kuolleet omenapuut (1918)
- Putkinotkon metsäläiset (1919)
- Putkinotkon herrastelijat (1920)
- Sorron lapset (1923)
- Punainen mies (1925)
- Lintukoto (1929)
- Hyvästijättö lintukodolle, (1934)
