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Jaan Õispuu. Karelian Literature and Language Planning |
2003, nr. 7 |
The 20th-century Karelian authors used to publish either in Russian or in Finnish. Throughout the 20th century the development of the Karelian literature depended on the political situation and language planning in Karelia. The first writers to use Karelian in the 1980s were Vladimir Brendojev and Paavo Lukin. They wrote their poetry in the Aunus Karelian dialect. The authors speaking White Sea Karelian wrote and still write, as a rule, in Finnish. Practically the whole literary production written in the Karelian language consists of poetry, short prose and translations from Russian. A considerable part of Karelian writings is meant for children. In 1998 a society called Karelian Word was established to join the authors writing in the Karelian language.
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