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Aatto Suppanen

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Adolf (Aatto) Suppanen (born 15 April 1855 in Ruskeala, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire d. 3 February 1898 in Helsinki) was a Finnish writer, journalist and translator. He used the nom de plume of Aatto S.

By the late 1800s Suppanen had become a prolific translator into Finnish, primarily from Swedish and German, and he was the first professional literary translator into Finnish. Two well-known English-language works that he translated were Lew Wallace's Ben-Hur (Ben-Hur: kertomus Kristuksen ajoilta), and Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (Setä Tuomon tupa)

On 1 June 1882, he married Alma Erika Henriette Bonsdorff (1851-1937), from Jokioinen, the daughter of Erik Napoleon Bonsdorff (1805-1870) and Henriette Rotkirch (1808-1851). The couple had four children, Aino (b. 1884), Toini (b. 1885), Viljo (b. 1887) and Alma (b. 1888).[1]

Works

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  • 1888: Kotivarkaus: kuvaus Itä-Suomesta ("Stolen home: a description of Eastern Finland"), novella. WSOY 1888, 86 pages (published under the name "Aatto S.")

Translations to Finnish

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References

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  1. ^ Martti Strang, "Alma Erika Henriette Erik-Napoleonintytär Bonsdorff" genealogy. Accessed 2012-01-31.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h default_prefix=author_id&sort_order=downloads&query=6674 Project Gutenberg, public-domain works for free download.
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