Panu Petteri Höglund (born 17 November 1966 in

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) is a Finnish linguist, translator and fiction writer. Despite his Finnish background, his chief literary medium is the

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, in which he has published a number of novels and short stories.

Biography

Höglund spent his early life in

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in a bilingual

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environment. He studied

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and

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and acquired an MA in Germanic studies from

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(the Swedish University of Finland) in 1997. He acquired an interest in Ireland and the Irish language from articles and television, and in 1998 attended an Irish-language course at

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. Much of his knowledge of the language was derived, however, from his own studies, with an especial emphasis on the Irish of Ulster. Höglund commenced an Irish-language blog in 2005 and published his first book in Irish, ''Sciorrfhocail'', in 2009. He has been a regular contributor of fiction to the American-based Irish-language magazine ''

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''. In 2009 Höglund published an article on the sociolinguistics of Irish in which he rejected the “dead language discourse” and stated that Irish should be seen, in principle, as just another minority language, and one in better shape than many. In addition, Höglund has published scholarly articles on aspects of Irish-language literature.Höglund (Panu Petteri): “Dáibhí Ó Bruadair: ''Mairg nach bhfuil ina dhubhthuata''”: teksti, suomennos ja runoilijan esittely. In SCF 1 (2004), pp. 9–11. In Finnish:) Dáibhí Ó Bruadair: Mairg nach bhfuil ina dhubhthuata: text, Finnish translation and introduction to the poet https://bill.celt.dias.ie/vol4/author.php?AuthorID=1348 In addition to Finnish, Swedish, English and Irish, Höglund has a knowledge of Polish, Russian and Icelandic. He has translated into Finnish four novels by the Icelandic novelist

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Publications

''Sciorrfhocail: Scéalta agus úrscéal''
Cathair na Mart, Co. Mhaigh Eo, Éire

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* ''An Leabhar Nimhe: Scéalta agus aistriúchán''. Cathair na Mart, Co. Mhaigh Eo, Éire: Evertype, 2012. . * ''An Leabhar Craicinn: Scéalta earótacha''. Cathair na Mart, Co. Mhaigh Eo, Éire: Evertype, 2013. . * ''An tSlaivéin''. Cathair na Mart, Co. Mhaigh Eo, Éire: Evertype, 2013. .

Translations

* Isaac Asimov: ''An Fhondúireacht'' (original title: ''Foundation''), Cathair na Mart, Co. Maigh Eo, Éire: Evertype, .

References

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