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Panu Petteri Höglund
Panu Petteri Höglund (born 17 November 1966 in Kalvola) is a Finnish linguist, translator and fiction writer. Despite his Finnish background, his chief literary medium is the Irish language, in which he has published a number of novels and short stories. Biography Höglund spent his early life in Varkaus in a bilingual Finnish-Swedish environment. He studied chemistry, Polish and Russian and acquired an MA in Germanic studies from Åbo Akademi (the Swedish University of Finland) in 1997. He acquired an interest in Ireland and the Irish language from articles and television, and in 1998 attended an Irish-language course at Carraroe in Connemara. Much of his knowledge of the language was derived, however, from his own studies, with an especial emphasis on the Irish of Ulster. Höglund commenced an Irish-language blog in 2005 and published his first book in Irish, ''Sciorrfhocail'', in 2009. He has been a regular contributor of fiction to the American-based Irish-language magazine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalvola
Kalvola is a former municipality of Finland. Its seat was in Iittala. It was consolidated with Hämeenlinna on 2009-01-01. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality had a population of 3,449 (2003) and covered an area of 338.81 km2 of which 38.75 km2 is water. The population density was 10.2 inhabitants per km2. Kalvola is best known for its Iittala glass factory. The municipality was unilingually Finnish. A central element of the landscape in Kalvola is lake Vanajavesi near which many of the oldest settlements in the area are concentrated. NHLer Hannu Toivonen Hannu Pekka Toivonen (; born 18 May 1984) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender. Current goaltending coach for the Toronto Marlies. He played with the Boston Bruins and the St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League (NHL), th ... was born here. External links Populated places disestablished in 2009 2009 di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Gael
''An Gael'' is a quarterly literary magazine in the Irish language Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was ..., published in the United States on behalf of the Philo-Celtic Society. It describes itself as international and was established in 2009 by Séamas Ó Neachtain, who is its editor. The magazine is based in New York City. The lineage of the magazine can be traced back to ', which was published as a bilingual journal in Irish and English from 1881 to 1904 on behalf of the Society, and revived intermittently between then and 2009. Its re-establishment in its present form coincided with the re-organization of the Society as a group devoted entirely to the promotion of the Irish language. ''An Gael'' can be read online, and is available in printed form to subscribers. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish-language Writers
Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was the population's first language until the 19th century, when English gradually became dominant, particularly in the last decades of the century. Irish is still spoken as a first language in a small number of areas of certain counties such as Cork, Donegal, Galway, and Kerry, as well as smaller areas of counties Mayo, Meath, and Waterford. It is also spoken by a larger group of habitual but non-traditional speakers, mostly in urban areas where the majority are second-language speakers. Daily users in Ireland outside the education system number around 73,000 (1.5%), and the total number of persons (aged 3 and over) who claimed they could speak Irish in April 2016 was 1,761,420, representing 39.8% of respondents. For most of recorded Irish h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Hämeenlinna
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1966 Births
Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso). * January 10 ** Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. ** The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia refuses to allow African-American representative Julian Bond to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance. ** A Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference convenes in Lagos, Nigeria, primarily to discuss Rhodesia. * January 12 – United States President Lyndon Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended. * January 15 – 1966 Nigeria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Hijmans
Alex Hijmans (born 1975) is a Dutch multingual journalist and author. He has published several works in the Irish language. Biography Hijmans was born in 1975 in Heemskerk, Netherlands. He spent twelve years in Ireland, where he acquired fluency in the Irish language and engaged in media studies at the National University of Ireland, Galway. He then worked as a reporter for RTÉ and TG4 and for the defunct Irish language newspaper ''Foinse'', and contributed to other publications, including ''The Irish Times''. He moved to Brazil in 2008. He has published a selection of books in Irish, including ''Favela'', a non-fiction work about life in a Brazilian slum; novels ''Aiséirí'' and ''An Tearmann''; and ''Gonta'', a short story collection. His second collection of short stories in Irish, ''Idir Dhá Thír'', was released in 2017. Hijmans contributes to media outlets in Ireland and Britain Britain most often refers to: * The United Kingdom, a sovereign state in Europe comprisin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modern Literature In Irish
Although Irish has been used as a literary language for more than 1,500 years (see Irish literature), and modern literature in Irish dates – as in most European languages – to the 16th century, modern Irish literature owes much of its popularity to the 19th century Gaelic Revival cultural movement. Writers in Irish have since produced some of the most interesting literature to come out of Ireland, supplemented by work produced in the language abroad. Early revival By the end of the nineteenth century, Irish had been reversed from being the dominant language of Ireland to becoming a minority language, which reduced the literature being produced. The Gaelic Revival sought to reverse this decline. In the beginning, the revivalists preferred to write in Classical Irish, and were notably inspired by Geoffrey Keating's (Seathrún Céitinn) ''Foras Feasa ar Éirinn'' (History of Ireland), a much-read 17th-century work. Classical Irish, however, was soon ousted by the living dialects ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Einar Kárason
Einar Kárason (born 24 November 1955 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is an Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...ic writer. He has been a full-time writer since 1978. He started his career with poetry in literary magazines from 1978 to 1980. In 1981 he published his first novel. He is best known for his novel ''Þar sem djöflaeyjan rís.'' which was translated into English as ''Devil's Island.'' The book was also made into the film ''Devil's Island''. He has been on the board or acted as chairman for several Icelandic writing associations. He wrote a book about the Sturlungar family clan, ''Óvinafagnaður'', in which all the most famous Vikings from Iceland come together and finally battle for power over Iceland. In 1993 Einar Kárason bit Guðjón Þórðarson. Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icelandic Language
Icelandic (; is, íslenska, link=no ) is a North Germanic language spoken by about 314,000 people, the vast majority of whom live in Iceland, where it is the national language. Due to being a West Scandinavian language, it is most closely related to Faroese, western Norwegian dialects, and the extinct language, Norn. The language is more conservative than most other Germanic languages. While most of them have greatly reduced levels of inflection (particularly noun declension), Icelandic retains a four- case synthetic grammar (comparable to German, though considerably more conservative and synthetic) and is distinguished by a wide assortment of irregular declensions. Icelandic vocabulary is also deeply conservative, with the country's language regulator maintaining an active policy of coining terms based on older Icelandic words rather than directly taking in loanwords from other languages. Since the written language has not changed much, Icelandic speakers can read classic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connemara
Connemara (; )( ga, Conamara ) is a region on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of western County Galway, in the west of Ireland. The area has a strong association with traditional Irish culture and contains much of the Connacht Irish-speaking Gaeltacht, which is a key part of the identity of the region and is the largest Gaeltacht in the country. Historically, Connemara was part of the territory of Iar Connacht (West Connacht). Geographically, it has many mountains (notably the Twelve Bens), peninsulas, coves, islands and small lakes. Connemara National Park is in the northwest. It is mostly rural and its largest settlement is Clifden. Etymology "Connemara" derives from the tribal name , which designated a branch of the , an early tribal grouping that had a number of branches located in different parts of . Since this particular branch of the lived by the sea, they became known as the (sea in Irish is , genitive case, genitive , hence "of the sea"). Definition One common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Language
Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was the population's first language until the 19th century, when English gradually became dominant, particularly in the last decades of the century. Irish is still spoken as a first language in a small number of areas of certain counties such as Cork, Donegal, Galway, and Kerry, as well as smaller areas of counties Mayo, Meath, and Waterford. It is also spoken by a larger group of habitual but non-traditional speakers, mostly in urban areas where the majority are second-language speakers. Daily users in Ireland outside the education system number around 73,000 (1.5%), and the total number of persons (aged 3 and over) who claimed they could speak Irish in April 2016 was 1,761,420, representing 39.8% of respondents. For most of recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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