Juhani Aho (originally Johannes Brofeldt) (September 11, 1861 - August 8, 1921) was among the first professional writers in Finland enjoying nowadays a somewhat similar position as Aleksis Kivi, the national writer of Finland. He wrote several novels and an even greater number of short stories of distinct style, called "splinters" ("lastuja" in Finnish). Their topics could vary from political allegories to depictions of everyday life. Wikipedia
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