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Kersti Bergroth
1886–1975
A versatile Finnish writer and playwright, remembered especially for lively works in Karelian dialect and for a career that ranged across novels, memoirs, children's books, and more. She wrote with unusual linguistic range and left behind a body of work that stayed popular on stage and in print.
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Kannaksen lumous : Yksinäytöksinen näytelmä
by Kersti Bergroth
About the author
Born in Viipuri on January 24, 1886, Kersti Bergroth became one of Finland’s most wide-ranging literary figures. She wrote in Swedish early on, later translated English and French literature into Finnish, and was known for her strong gift for languages.
Her career produced around 70 books, including novels, memoirs, children’s stories, poems, and plays. She is especially remembered for the popular plays Anu ja Mikko and Kuparsaare Antti, written in Karelian dialect, which helped make her name familiar to generations of Finnish readers and theatergoers.
Bergroth died in Helsinki on January 24, 1975. Alongside her literary work, she also wrote under pseudonyms, which adds to the sense of how many different voices and audiences she was able to reach during her long career.