Antti Puhakka (April 24, 1816 – March 30, 1893) was a Finnish national romantic poet from Kontiolahti in Finnish Karelia.[1] He was known for using Kalevala meter in his poems.
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Puhakka was illiterate until the age of 21, but after gaining the skill of writing he wrote nearly 20,000 lines of poetry. He later 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."
References
edit- ^ "Finnish Literature Society - Author Database - Antti Puhakka". Finnish Literature Society. 2008. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
- ^ Ahokas, Jaakko (1997). History Of Finnish Literature. RoutledgeCurzon. p. 88. ISBN 0-7007-0380-2.