Sami literature

Sámi literature has been written at least since 1673.

Prose (in Sámi language) has been written since 1910.

Prose

The first prose (in a Sámi 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).Ole Magnus Rapp. "Den første samiske forfatteren hadde et konfliktfylt forhold til industriherren som sponset ham: Han  skrev samenes liv" ["the first Sami author had a relationship full of conflict, with the captain of industry, that gave him economic support: He wrote (about) the life of the Sami". 2017-09-06. Klassekampen. p. 28-9

The first novel (in a Sami language) came in 1912: ["dawn"] Beaivi-álgu - by Anders Larsen.

References

Category:Literature by ethnicity
Category:European literature