Parnasso is a literary magazine published in Helsinki, Finland. The magazine has been in circulation since 1951. It is among the most respected literary magazines in the country.[1][2]
| Categories | Literary magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Seven times per year |
| Publisher | Otavamedia Oy |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Company | Yhtyneet Kuvalehdet Oy |
| Country | Finland |
| Based in | Helsinki |
| Language | Finnish |
| Website | Parnasso |
| ISSN | 0031-2320 |
| OCLC | 470184985 |
History and profile
editParnasso was established in 1951.[3][4] It was modeled on Bonniers Litterära Magasin, a Swedish literary magazine.[5] The headquarters of Parnasso is in Helsinki. The magazine is part of Yhtyneet Kuvalehdet Oy, and its publisher is Otavamedia Oy.[6]
Parnasso is published seven times per year and covers original writings on poetry, short fiction, essays, literary journalism, and reviews of both belles-lettres and nonfiction work.[3][7] In 1959 Parnasso published a special edition on Japanese literature which included tankas, Japanese poetry genre, translated by Tuomas Anhava, its editor-in-chief.[2] This edition also featured a Finnish translation of the short story by Fumiko Hayashi.[2] In the 1960s one of the regular contributors was Pentti Saarikoski.[8] The magazine published Finnish translations of the poems by the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca and by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.[9] These poems were translated into Finnish by Jarno Pennanen, a Finnish poet.[9] The Finnish translations of the poems by the Russian Vladimir Mayakovsky were also published in the magazine in its eighth issue dated 1963.[8]
As of 2021 each issue of Parnasso featured nearly ten book reviews.[7] In a study it was concluded that the books reviewed in the magazine included in the most borrowed book lists of the public libraries in the Helsinki region.[7]
During the editorship of Kai Laitinen the Congress for Cultural Freedom, an anti-communist American organization, attempted to develop an affiliation with Parnasso, but it did not work.[10]
Editors-in-chief
editThe past editors-in-chief of Parnasso are as follows:[5] Kaarlo Marjanen (1951-1954), Lauri Viljanen (1954-1956), Aatos Ojala (1957-1958), Kai Laitinen (1958-1966), Tuomas Anhava (1966-1979), Juhani Salokannel (1980-1986), Jarkko Laine (1987-2002), and Juhana Rossi (2003-2004)[3] In 2005 Jarmo Papinniemi became the editor-in-chief of the magazine.[5] As of 2014 Karo Haemaelaeinen was serving in the post.[11]
Circulation
editThe audited circulation of Parnasso was 4,145 copies in 2003.[3] The magazine sold 7,027 copies in 2011.[12] Its circulation was 6,119 copies in 2013.[13]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Tatu Henttonen (Fall 2006). "Poetry Blogging in Finland". University of Tampere. Archived from the original on 25 January 2007.
- ^ a b c Janna Kantola (2008). "Ezra Pound as a Persona for Modern Finnish poetry" (PDF). In Massimo Bacigalupo; William Pratt (eds.). Ezra Pound, Language and Persona. Genova: University of Genoa. p. 138.
- ^ a b c d Juhana Rossi. "Letter from Finland". Context (17). Archived from the original on 7 February 2014.
- ^ Jan Sjåvik (2006). Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature and Theater. Lanham, MD; Toronto; Oxford: Scarecrow Press. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-8108-6501-3.
- ^ a b c "Matti Suurpää: Parnasso 1951-2011 (a book)". Antti Alanen blog. 10 July 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ^ "Parnasso". Aikakaus Media. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ^ a b c Seppo Suominen (2021). "Public Library Borrowing, the Case of Helsinki Region". First Look. doi:10.2139/ssrn.3926079. S2CID 237580471.
- ^ a b Janna Kantola (2016). "Making Choices – Debatable Translations and Publication Policies of Finnish Cultural Magazines". In Tania Ørum; Jesper Olsson (eds.). A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1950-1975. Vol. 32. Leiden; Boston: Brill Rodopi. pp. 338–339. doi:10.1163/9789004310506_033. ISBN 9789004310506.
- ^ a b H. K. Riikonen (2007). "Modernism in Finnish Literature". In Astradur Eysteinsson; Vivian Liska (eds.). Modernism. Amsterdam; Philadelphia, PA: John Benjamins Publishing Company. p. 850. ISBN 978-90-272-9204-9.
- ^ Marek Fields (2015). Reinforcing Finland's Attachment to the West: British and American Propaganda and Cultural Diplomacy in Finland, 1944-1962 (PhD thesis). University of Helsinki. pp. 309–310. hdl:10138/153952.
- ^ "Finland's 'Moomins' conquer the world". The Daily Star. 8 August 2014. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ^ "Circulation Statistics 2011" (PDF). Media Audit Finland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ^ "Circulation Statistics 2013" (PDF). Media Audit Finland. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
External links
edit- Official website
Media related to Parnasso at Wikimedia Commons
