page_title: Sami literature
section_title: Prose
hierarchical_section_title: Sami literature / Prose
caption_attribution_description: English: Tale of the life of Sami people Deutsch: Erzählung vom Leben der Lappen Français&#160;: Récit de la vie des Lapons
context_page_description: Sami literature has been written at least since 1673.
  Prose has been written since 1910.
context_section_description: The first prose (in a Sami language) came in 1910: ["a story about the life of the Sami ]" Muitalus samiid birra. It was written by a wolf hunter, Johan Turi. The financing of the book, was by a Swedish captain of industry, Hjalmar Lundbohm(en).
  The first novel (in a Sami language) came in 1912: ["dawn"] Beaivi-álgu - by Anders Larsen.
caption: A drawing of reindeer farming; from the first known prose in a Sami language. The drawing was done by Johan Turi, in his book: ("a story about the life of the Sami") Muitalus samiid birra.
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