FINNISH NATIONAL WRITER ALEKSIS KIVI

”I live.”

Place of death in Tuusulajärvi

LIFE OF ALEKSIS

1834 – 1872 Novels, poems and

plays Talented already as

a child Most famous work

the Seven Brothers

THE STRENGTH OF SEVEN MEN

This is a mock song about‘the Seven Brothers’, sung by their

bullies.

The song tells about the brothers and their typical Finnish

characteristics.

THE SEVEN BROTHERS The brothers are Aapo,

Juhani, Timo, Eero, Simeoni, Lauri and Tuomas

One of the greatest works in Finnish literature

Published in 1870

THE STORYLINE OF THE SEVEN BROTHERS

The brothers’ parents die → The boys move to the forest

The boys start to learn how to read, but soon got bored with it

All the brothers have started a family, expect for Simeoni

The boys’ sauna burned down → Found a shelter for the winter in Jukola

While hunting, bulls siege the

brothers

The brothers start practising

farming

Eero falls for alcohol → the brothers stop drinking for good

Eero teaches the other brothers to read

All the other brothers get married, except for Simeoni

The brothers run away from the bulls onto a rock

THE SAUNA BURNS DOWN

WE FINNS ARE