Arvid Järnefelt

Arvid Järnefelt ( pseudonyms: Arvi Rauta, Hilja Kahila, born November 16, 1861 in Saint Petersburg, † December 27, 1932 in Helsinki) was a Finnish writer.

Järnefelt was the son of a Russian general and governor August Alexander Järnefelt and Elisabeth Järnefelt ( born Clodt of Jürgensburg ) born. His brother Armas was known as a composer, Eero as a painter, sister Aino was the wife of Jean Sibelius. Järnefelt studied in Leipzig psychology and upon graduation from the University of Helsinki 1886-1888 Russian language at the University of Moscow.

From 1890 was Järnefelt judge, first in Helsinki, later in Ostrobothnia in Western Finland. Under the influence of the writings of Leo Tolstoy, he gave in 1896 his career as a judge on. He bought and managed the farm Rantala and also learned the shoemakers and blacksmiths craft. In 1899 he was among the founders of the magazine Päivälehti ( Helsingin Sanomat later ), to which the writer Eino Leino authors also belonged. A friendship association Järnefelt with Juhani Aho and the journalist and later Minister Eero Erkko.

First influenced by Kivi short stories published in the magazine 1883-84 Järnefelt already Valvoja. His first novel Isänmaa appeared in 1893 in the following year the autobiographical book Heräämiseni ( My awakening ), in which he outlined his conversion to Tolstoianismus. A trip to Tolstoy in 1899 he described in the päiväkirja matkaltani report venäjälle. 1907 appeared the polemic Maa kuuluu kaikille! ( The country belongs to all ).

Great success had his acting Tiitus and the novel Onnelisset, which he published under the pseudonym Hilja Kahila. In the novel Greeta yes mr ansa Haenen (1925 ), he reflected the Russian Revolution and the Finnish Civil War. Between 1928 and 1930 the great three-volume autobiographical novel Vanhempieni romaani appeared (novel my parents).