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Joel Lehtonen

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Born:
November 27, 1881, Sääminki, Finland
Died:
1934, Helsinki (aged 52)
Movement / Style:
naturalism
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Joel Lehtonen (born November 27, 1881, Sääminki, Finland—died 1934, Helsinki) was a Finnish novelist in the naturalistic tradition of Émile Zola and Maxim Gorky. The first stage of Lehtonen’s career was characterized by the Neoromanticism of the turn of the century, and his first novel, Paholaisen viula (1904; “The Fiddle of the Devil”), is highly indebted to Selma Lagerlöf’s Gösta Berlings saga (1891). In Rakastunut rampa (1922; “The Amorous Cripple”), however, Lehtonen bitterly rejects the tributes to individualism and genius worship that marked his youthful phase. The main character has deluded himself into believing that he is a superman, but ...(100 of 201 words)

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