Parnasso

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Parnasso
CategoriesLiterary magazine
FrequencySeven times per year
PublisherOtavamedia Oy
Founded1951;73 years ago (1951)
CompanyYhtyneet Kuvalehdet Oy
Country Finland
Based inHelsinki
Language Finnish
Website Parnasso
ISSN 0031-2320
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]

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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]

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  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.
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