Parnasso

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]

Parnasso
CategoriesLiterary magazine
FrequencySeven times per year
PublisherOtavamedia Oy
Founded1951 (1951)
CompanyYhtyneet Kuvalehdet Oy
CountryFinland
Based inHelsinki
LanguageFinnish
WebsiteParnasso
ISSN0031-2320
OCLC470184985

History and profile

Parnasso was established in 1951.[3][4] It was modeled on 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 poetry, short fiction, essays, literary journalism, and reviews of both belles-lettres and nonfiction work.[3][7] In 1959 Parnasso published a special edition on Japanese literature which included tankas, Japanese poetry genre, translated by Tuomas Anhava, its editor-in-chief.[2] This edition also featured a Finnish translation of the short story by Fumiko Hayashi.[2] In the 1960s one of the regular contributors was Pentti Saarikoski.[8] The magazine published Finnish translations of the poems by the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca and by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.[9] These poems were translated into Finnish by Jarno Pennanen, a 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

References
  1. Tatu Henttonen (Fall 2006). "Poetry Blogging in Finland". University of Tampere. Archived from the original on 25 January 2007.
  2. 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. Juhana Rossi. "Letter from Finland". Context (17). Archived from the original on 7 February 2014.
  4. Jan Sjåvik (2006). Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature and Theater. Lanham, MD; Toronto; Oxford: Scarecrow Press. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-8108-6501-3.
  5. "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.
  7. Seppo Suominen (2021). "Public Library Borrowing, the Case of Helsinki Region". First Look. doi:10.2139/ssrn.3926079. S2CID 237580471.
  8. Janna Kantola (2016). "Making Choices – Debatable Translations and Publication Policies of Finnish Cultural Magazines". In Tania Ørum; Jesper Olsson (eds.). A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1950-1975. Vol. 32. Leiden; Boston: Brill Rodopi. pp. 338–339. doi:10.1163/9789004310506_033. ISBN 9789004310506.
  9. H. K. Riikonen (2007). "Modernism in Finnish Literature". In Astradur Eysteinsson; Vivian Liska (eds.). Modernism. Amsterdam; Philadelphia, PA: John Benjamins Publishing Company. p. 850. ISBN 978-90-272-9204-9.
  10. Marek Fields (2015). Reinforcing Finland's Attachment to the West: British and American Propaganda and Cultural Diplomacy in Finland, 1944-1962 (PhD thesis). University of Helsinki. pp. 309–310. hdl:10138/153952.
  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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