Married in 1865 her teacher Johan Ferdinand Canth, nine years her The teaching was not thorough but centered around making the Shop manager, and was able to provide his daughter a good education.Ĭanth did not have much good to say about her time in the local women's In 1853 the family moved to Kuopio, a small but culturallyĪctive town 500 kilometers from Helsinki. Worker at the Finlayson cotton factory, where he rose in the positionįoreman. Johnson and Ulrika Andersintytär (Archelin?) Johnson. Minna Canth was born in Tampere, the daughter of Gustaf Wilhelm Sen hän niinĮlävästi tunsi, aina kun lastensa tulevaisuutta ajatteli.' (from Köyhää kansaa, 1886) Oli valmis sortumaan ja kuormaa kuorman päälle panemaan. Mutta köyhän puolta ei kukaan pitänyt, jokainen vain Veisivät hengen kerrassaan eivätkä kiusaisi puutteessa ja Heikkoa kohtaan, silloinkin kun olivat apua antavinaan. Whose work showed the influence of Henrik Ibsen and Georg Brandes. She was the first notable Finnish social realist, During theĮarly years of the young Finnish Theatre – the National Theatre wasįounded in 1872 – Canth's plays were performed on its stage more often Who described women's position in the society and advocatedĬontemporary radical social ideas in magazine articles. Minna Canth (1844 - 1897) - Ulrika Wilhelmina, née Johnsson, used in columns pseudonym Wiljaįinnish playwright and short-story writer All pages are unmodified as they originally appeared some links and images may no longer function.

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Työmiehen vaimo by Minna Canth