Josef Julius Wecksell
Josef Julius Wecksell (19 March 1838 – 9 August 1907) was a Finnish poet and playwright. [1]
Biography
[edit]Wecksell was born at Turku, Finland. He was the son of the hatter Johan Wecksell and Sofia Ulrika Björkelund. From 1858, he studied at the Imperial Alexander University.[2]
He wrote a variety of poems, dramas and plays. In 1860 he published his first collection of poems. His historic drama Daniel Hjort was first performed in November 1862 at the Swedish Theatre (Nya Teatern) in Helsinki. It later formed the basis for the opera Daniel Hjort by composer Selim Palmgren (1878–1951) which was performed first time on April 21, 1910. His poems were later set to music by composer Jean Sibelius.[3][4][5]
He also wrote the lyrics of the famous song Var det en dröm? of Jean Sibelius.[6][7]
He suffered from severe melancholy from the early 1860s and was first committed to a private psychiatric hospital in Endenich near Cologne. In 1865, he entered Lappvik asylum (Lapinlahden sairaala) in the Lapinlahti suburb of Helsinki where he remained until his death.[8]
In 1969, a statue of him was erected at the entrance to Åbo Akademi University.[9]
Works
[edit]- Valda ungdomsdikter, Frenckellska Boktryckeriet, 1860.
- Samlade dikter. K.E. Holm. 1891.
- Viisi runoa, pseudonym Irene Mendelin, Kansanvalistus-seura, 1894.
- Tre friare: Skämt i en akt med sång, Tryckeri- och tidnings, 1931.
Plays
[edit]- Daniel Hjort; reprint Love kirjat, 1981, ISBN 978-951-835-042-5
References
[edit]- ^ "Wecksellin tragedia". parkkinen.org. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
- ^ Liukkonen, Petri. "Josef Julius Wecksell". Books and Writers (kirjasto.sci.fi). Finland: Kuusankoski Public Library. Archived from the original on 12 February 2011.
- ^ Carol Kimball (2006). Song: a guide to art song style and literature. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 978-1-4234-1280-9.
- ^ Andrew Barnett (2007). Sibelius. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11159-0.
- ^ "Palmgren, Selim (1878–1951)". Kansallisbiografia. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
- ^ "Var det en dröm? | Song Texts, Lyrics & Translations".
- ^ "5 Songs, Op.37 (Sibelius, Jean) - IMSLP".
- ^ George C. Schoolfield, ed. (1998). A history of Finland's literature. University of Nebraska Press. p. 346. ISBN 978-0-8032-4189-3.
- ^ Josef Julius Wecksell 1838—1907 Uppslagsverket Finland
Further reading
[edit]- Arvid Mörne (1909), Josef Julius Wecksell : en studie / Arvid Mörne., Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland (in Swedish), Helsinki: Society of Swedish Literature in Finland, ISSN 0039-6842, Wikidata Q113396161
- Josef Julius Wecksell; Karin Allardt Ekelund (1962), Samlade dikter / J. J. Wecksell ; med inledning och kommentar av Karin Allardt Ekelund., Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland (in Swedish), Helsinki: Society of Swedish Literature in Finland, ISSN 0039-6842, Wikidata Q113528427
- Arvid Mörne (1920), Nya Wecksellstudier / Arvid Mörne., Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland (in Swedish), Helsinki: Society of Swedish Literature in Finland, ISSN 0039-6842, Wikidata Q113518920
External links
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- 1838 births
- 1907 deaths
- Writers from Turku
- Poets from the Russian Empire
- Dramatists and playwrights from the Russian Empire
- University of Helsinki alumni
- Swedish-speaking Finns
- Writers from Southwest Finland
- Finnish poets in Swedish
- Finnish dramatists and playwrights
- 19th-century Finnish poets
- 19th-century Finnish dramatists and playwrights
- Finnish male poets
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