Anni Emilia Swan (married name Anni Manninen 4 January 1875 in Helsinki, died 24 March 1958 in Helsinki) was a Finnish writer. Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Helsinki (in Finnish;) or Helsingfors (in Swedish;) is the Capital and largest city of Finland. Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms Swan wrote many books for children and young adults, was a journalist for children's magazines and worked as a translator. A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends Translation is the interpreting of the meaning of a text and the subsequent production of an equivalent text likewise called a " translation She is considered the creator of Finnish literature for girls.
Swan's father was Carl Gustaf Swan, a well-known figure of culture of his time, who founded the first newspaper of Lappeenranta. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. Lappeenranta ( Villmanstrand in Swedish) is a city and municipality that resides on the shore of the lake Saimaa in South-Eastern Anni Swan's mother Emilia Malin was a literature enthusiast and taught all of her nine daugters to read fairy tales and narratives at an early age. A fairy tale or fairy story is a fictional Story that may feature folkloric characters (such as fairies, enchantments]] often involving A narrative or story is a construct created in a suitable format (written spoken poetry prose images song Theater, or Dance) that describes a sequence of
The family lived in Lappeenranta from 1884 until the turn of the century. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Swan went to an all-girl's school in Mikkeli and graduated in 1895 from Helsingin Suomalainen Yhteiskoulu. Mikkeli ( St Michel in Swedish) is a town and municipality in Finland. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Helsingin Suomalainen Yhteiskoulu, commonly abbreviated SYK, is a free Finnish private school located in the district of Etelä-Haaga in the city of Helsinki She became an elementary school teacher in Jyväskylä in 1900 and worked in Helsinki from 1901to 1916. See also Primary education An elementary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of Compulsory education known as elementary Jyväskylä (ˈjyvæsˌkylæ is a City and Municipality located in Central Finland, 147 km from Tampere and 270 km from Helsinki Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year In 1907, she married writer Otto Manninen. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year
Swan's first collection of fairy tales, simply called Satuja ("Fairy Tales"), was published in 1901. A fairy tale or fairy story is a fictional Story that may feature folkloric characters (such as fairies, enchantments]] often involving Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Her first book for young adults, which was partly based on her father's recollections, was Tottisalmen perillinen ("The Heir of Tottisalmi"), published in 1917. Young-adult fiction (often abbreviated as YA fiction, or simply YA) is Fiction written for published for or marketed to adolescents roughly between the Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year This book is about an orphan farm-hand, Yrjö, who turns out to be, in reality, an heir to a large fortune. Her other well-known books are Iris rukka ("Poor Iris"), Ollin oppivuodet ("Olli's Apprentenceship") and Sara ja Sarri ("Sara and Sarri"). The courageous and resourceful main characters in Swan's young-adult fiction had been a roll-model for many heros and heroines in later young-adult fiction.
Swan was was a journalist for the children's magazines Pääskynen (1907–1918) and Nuorten toveri/Sirkka (1919–1945). She furthermore translated, among others, Brothers Grimm and the tales of Br'er Rabbit and Br'er Fox as well as the first Finnish translation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The Brothers Grimm ( German: Die Gebrüder Grimm) Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Br'er Rabbit (also spelled Bre'r Rabbit or Brer Rabbit or Buh Rabbit) is a central figure in the Uncle Remus stories of the Southern United Br'er Fox is a Fictional character from the Uncle Remus folktales adapted and compiled by Joel Chandler Harris. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865 is a novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson better known under the Pseudonym Lewis
There has also been an award for young-adult fiction named after her called the Anni Swan -mitali.
Books
- Children
- Satuja I–III (1901–1905).
- Pieniä satuja I–V (1906).
- Lasten-näytelmiä (1910).
- Tarinoita lapsille (1912).
- Satuja ja tarinoita (1917).
- Satuja (1920).
- Satuja VI (1923).
- Lastennäytelmiä II (1923).
- Kotavuoren satuja ja tarinoita (1957).
- Young adults
- Tottisalmen perillinen (1914).
- Iiris rukka (1916).
- Kaarinan kesäloma (1918).
- Ollin oppivuodet (1919).
- Pikkupappilassa (1922).
- Ulla ja Mark (1924).
- Sara ja Sarri (1927).
- Sara ja Sarri matkustavat (1930).
- Me kolme ja Ritvan suojatit (1937).
- Pauli on koditon (1946).
- Arnellin perhe (1949).
External links
- Pegasos - A literature related site in Finland: Anni Swan
- SKS: Kansallisbiografia - Anni Swan
- Eteläkarjalaisia kirjailijoita: Swan Anni
- Jyväskylän seminaarin naisoppilaita: Anni Swan
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