Parnasso

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Parnasso
CategoriesLiterary magazine
FrequencySeven times per year
PublisherOtavamedia Oy
Founded1951; 73 years ago (1951)
CompanyYhtyneet Kuvalehdet Oy
Country
OCLC
470184985

Parnasso is a literary magazine published in Helsinki, Finland. The magazine has been in circulation since 1951. It is among the most respected literary magazines in the country.[1][2]

History and profile

Parnasso was established in 1951.

Bonniers Litterära Magasin, a Swedish literary magazine.[5] The headquarters of Parnasso is in Helsinki. The magazine is part of Yhtyneet Kuvalehdet Oy, and its publisher is Otavamedia Oy.[6]

Parnasso is published seven times per year and covers original writings on

Finnish poet.[9] The Finnish translations of the poems by the Russian Vladimir Mayakovsky were also published in the magazine in its eighth issue dated 1963.[8]

As of 2021 each issue of Parnasso featured nearly ten book reviews.[7] In a study it was concluded that the books reviewed in the magazine included in the most borrowed book lists of the public libraries in the Helsinki region.[7]

During the editorship of Kai Laitinen the Congress for Cultural Freedom, an anti-communist American organization, attempted to develop an affiliation with Parnasso, but it did not work.[10]

Editors-in-chief

The past

editors-in-chief of Parnasso are as follows:[5] Kaarlo Marjanen (1951-1954), Lauri Viljanen (1954-1956), Aatos Ojala (1957-1958), Kai Laitinen (1958-1966), Tuomas Anhava (1966-1979), Juhani Salokannel (1980-1986), Jarkko Laine (1987-2002), and Juhana Rossi (2003-2004)[3] In 2005 Jarmo Papinniemi became the editor-in-chief of the magazine.[5] As of 2014 Karo Haemaelaeinen was serving in the post.[11]

Circulation

The audited circulation of Parnasso was 4,145 copies in 2003.[3] The magazine sold 7,027 copies in 2011.[12] Its circulation was 6,119 copies in 2013.[13]

See also

  • List of magazines in Finland

References

  1. ^ Tatu Henttonen (Fall 2006). "Poetry Blogging in Finland". University of Tampere. Archived from the original on 25 January 2007.
  2. ^ a b c Janna Kantola (2008). "Ezra Pound as a Persona for Modern Finnish poetry" (PDF). In Massimo Bacigalupo; William Pratt (eds.). Ezra Pound, Language and Persona. Genova: University of Genoa. p. 138.
  3. ^ a b c d Juhana Rossi. "Letter from Finland". Context (17). Archived from the original on 7 February 2014.
  4. ISBN 978-0-8108-6501-3
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  5. ^ a b c "Matti Suurpää: Parnasso 1951-2011 (a book)". Antti Alanen blog. 10 July 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Parnasso". Aikakaus Media. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
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    S2CID 237580471
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    ISBN 9789004310506
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    ISBN 978-90-272-9204-9
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  10. hdl:10138/153952
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  11. ^ "Finland's 'Moomins' conquer the world". The Daily Star. 8 August 2014. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  12. ^ "Circulation Statistics 2011" (PDF). Media Audit Finland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  13. ^ "Circulation Statistics 2013" (PDF). Media Audit Finland. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
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