Matti Aikio

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Matti Aikio (born June 18, 1872 in Karasjok ; † July 25, 1929 in Oslo; actually Mathis Isaksen ) was Norway's first Sami poet .

Life

Matti Aikio was born the son of a teacher. Among other things, he studied education in Trondheim . Aikio worked as a teacher between 1896 and 1906 in Finnmark and southern Norway .

It was not until 1890, at the age of 18, that Aikio learned the Norwegian language . It was in this language that he wrote his novels and dramas. In it he drew a precise picture of the difficult everyday life of the Sami minority and their struggle for independence.

Matti Aikio died in Karasjok in 1929 at the age of 57.

Works

  • Bygden paa elvenesset (1929)
  • Ginunga-gap (1907)
  • Hyrdernes kapel (1918)
  • I Dyreskind (1906)
  • Under blinkfyret (1918)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. https://nbl.snl.no/Matti_Aikio