Johan Turi

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Portrait of Turis, circa 1930

Johan Turi (born March 12, 1854 in Kautokeino ( Norway ), † November 30, 1936 in Jukkasjärvi ( Sweden )) was a Sami writer .

Johan Turi was the first writer to write secular texts in a Sami language (namely in the North Sami language ). His first work Muittalus samiid birra (1910, German 1912), which also has ethnographic value, is famous .

Works

Drawing from the "Tale of the Life of the Lapps"
In North Sami
  • 1910 Muitalus sámiid birra (story of the life of the lobes)
  • 1920 Sámi deavsttat (Sami texts)
  • 1931 Duoddaris (From the Mountains)
Translations into German
  • 1912 The book of Lappen Johann Turi. Tale of the life of the rag. Edited by Emilie Demant. German translation by Mathilde Mann. Frankfurt am Main: Rütten & Loening
  • 1982 Tales of the life of the rag. Stuttgart: Velcro
  • 1993 story of the life of the rag. Narrated by Emilie Demant and translated from Danish by Mathilde Mann with 10 pen drawings by the author. Frankfurt am Main: Eichorn, The Other Library series .

literature

  • Harald Gaski, Johanna Domokos: Intercultural Dialogue in the North . In: Johan Turi. A play with a joik by Áilloš (=  Samica . Band 5 ). Scandinavian Seminar of the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg , Freiburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-9816835-4-7 , p. 9-17 .
  • Kristin Kuutma: Collaborative Ethnography before Its Time: Johan Turi and Emilie Demant Hatt . In: Scandinavian Studies . 2003.

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personal data
SURNAME Turi, Johan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sami writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Kautokeino ( Norway )
DATE OF DEATH November 30, 1936
Place of death Jukkasjärvi ( Sweden )