Joel Lehtonen
Illustration — Joel Lehtonen in 1920 Joel Lehtonen (27 November 1881 – 20 November 1934) was a Finnish author, translator, critic and journalist. He was born in Sääminki (now part of Savonlinna). His childhood was fatherless and poverty-stricken, his mother suffered from mental frailties and Lehtonen himself was forced into paupery.
Also recorded as Joel Heikarainen
Joel Lehtonen
Harry Järv: Frihet, jämlikhet, konstnärskap. Utblickar och författarporträtt. 1974, Cavefors. · Public domain
- Born
- 1881. · Haukiniemi.
- Died
- 1934. · Haaga.
- Nationality
- Finland and Grand Duchy of Finland.
- Occupation
- linguist, poet, journalist, writer, translator, critic and editing staff.
- Fields
- literature, translation from French and translation into Finnish.
- Education
- Ressu Upper Secondary School and University of Helsinki.
- Languages
- Finnish.
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Illustration — Joel Lehtonen in 1920 Joel Lehtonen (27 November 1881 – 20 November 1934) was a Finnish author, translator, critic and journalist. He was born in Sääminki (now part of Savonlinna). His childhood was fatherless and poverty-stricken, his mother suffered from mental frailties and Lehtonen himself was forced into paupery.
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Lehtonen's foster mother supported his schooling. He was able to study literature for a few years in the University of Helsinki, but dropped out without completing a degree. Having suffered for years from various ailments, he committed suicide by hanging himself with a rope, that had been used to wrap up a parcel of books, in November 1934.
Joel Lehtonen studied at Ressu Upper Secondary School and University of Helsinki. The recorded working language is Finnish. The field of work recorded is literature, translation from French and translation into Finnish. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are fiction and poetry. Places of work recorded in the authority are Helsinki, Savonlinna and Lahti.
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1881
Joel Lehtonen born at Haukiniemi.
1934
Joel Lehtonen died at Haaga.
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Haukiniemi.
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- 1.Petri Liukkonen 2008, abgerufen am 12. Januar 2012
- 2.Ausgabe München 1988
- 3.Laut Verlagsangaben ( ) ein Putkinotko-Auszug von 1918
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