Aleksis Kivi
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Aleksis Kivi was a Finnish writer who wrote the first significant novel in the Finnish language, Seitsemän veljestä, published in 1870. He is also known for his 1864 play, Nummisuutarit.
Earliest known image of Kivi, almost certainly by Albert Edelfelt (1873)
The unruly Seven Brothers on a 1970 Finnish postage stamp
Home where Aleksis Kivi was born
House where Aleksis Kivi died
Heath Cobblers
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The Cobblers on the Heath is a play by Aleksis Kivi, considered one of the greatest Finnish writers. The play was originally written in 1864. However, the play's official premiere took place only thre
Aleksis Kivi
…wrote the first significant novel in the Finnish language, Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers), published in 1870. He is also known for his 1864 play, Nummisuutarit (Heath Cobblers). Although Kivi was among the very earliest writers of prose and lyrics in Finnish, he is still considered one of the greatest, who has…
Albert Edelfelt's drawing from the performance of the Heath Cobblers play in Helsinki in the spring of 1876.