Volter Kilpi

Volter Kilpi was a Finnish writer and librarian (1874–1939). He was born at Kustavi and died at Turku.

Volter Kilpi in brief

Born
1874
Died
1939
Known for
writer and librarian
Place of birth
Kustavi
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Catalogued works

20 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library. Their recorded dates run from 1917 to 2007.

In the Alastalo Parlor. Antinous. I salen på Alastalo. Gulliverin matka Fantomimian mantereelle. Alastalon salissa. Kirkolle. Kansallista itsetutkimus. Kustavi. Valitut teokset. Varhaiset kertomukset. Volter ja Hilja. Vaan väkevää olemista. Albatrossin tarina, dated 2007. Ihmisestä ja elämästä, dated 1990. Kansallista itsetutkistelua, dated 1917. Kirjailija ja hänen kustantajansa, dated 1990. Pitäjän pienempiä, dated 1978. Suljetuilla porteilla, dated 1995. Vieras, vieras minä olen kaikille, dated 1993. Bathseba, dated 1995.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Kilpi, Volter, Lexikon des gesamten Buchwesens Online. 3. Volter Kilpi, “Translator’s Introduction” (1938; translated by Douglas Robinson), zeta-gulliver, 2020. Kilpi Translations, Translating the Monster, 2022. Kilpi, Volter, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in VIAF (29583289). Those registers additionally record the forms Volter Kilpi, 1874-1939, Volter Kilpi, 1874-1939, romancier, Volter Kilpi suomalainen kirjailija, Volter Kilpi, escriptor finlandès and Volter Kilpi, écrivain finlandais.

Digitised editions and texts

6 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.

Antinous — Internet Archive. Bathseba: Davidin puheluja itsensä kanssa — Internet Archive. Nuoren Wertherin kärsimykset — Internet Archive. Kansallista itsetutkistelua: Suomalaisia kulttuuri-ääriviivoja — Project Gutenberg. Parsifal: Kertomus Graalin ritarista — Project Gutenberg. Ihmisestä ja elämästä: Kirjoitelmia — Project Gutenberg.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 10 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

the recorded working language is Finnish and Swedish.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are modernism and essay.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Helsinki and Turku.

Work by Volter Kilpi is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum.

Chronology

  1. 1874Volter Kilpi born at Kustavi.
  2. 1939Volter Kilpi died at Turku.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “Volter Kilpi”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2658722: Volter Kilpi

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