Julia Stadius, née Tavaststjerna (11 January 1844, St. Petersburg – 22 December 1929, Helsinki) was a Finnish-Swedish writer.
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| Born | Julia Tavaststjerna 11 January 1844 St. Petersburg, Russia |
| Died | 22 December 1929 (aged 85) Helsinki, Finland |
| Occupation | writer |
| Language | Swedish |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Genre | poems, children's fairy tales |
| Spouse | Knut Alfred Stadius |
Life
editJulia Tavaststjerna was born on 11 January 1844 in St. Petersburg, where her father Carl Johan Tavaststjerna worked as a teacher at the Cadet College. Her mother was Hilda Maria Tavaststjerna.[1] Her cousin is author Karl August Tavaststjerna, a central figure in Finnish-Swedish literature around the turn of the 20th century.[2] In 1850, the family moved to Helsinki where her father took the position of police chief.[3] Tavaststjerna was educated mainly at home and only attended Blomqvist School in Helsinki for a short time.[1]
In 1866, she married her cousin Knut Alfred Stadius with special permission.[4] He served as the High Commissioner of the General Revision Court.[5] The couple had three children, of whom the middle one, Thure Valter Stadius, became deaf at the age of three years old.[4]
Stadius was committed to the rights and social status of the deaf. During the 1890s her house became a meeting place for the deaf.[3] In 1895, Stadius founded Helsinki Deaf Club.[4] She served as the secretary of the Finnish Association of the Deaf and Dumb and as the editorial secretary of the Swedish newspaper for the deaf Tidskrift för döfstumma.[1] After the death of her husband in 1900, Stadius moved with her son Valter first to Hämeenlinna and then to Paris. They returned to Finland in 1904.[4]
Julia Stadius died on 22 December 1929 in Helsinki.[6]
Work
editStadius wrote in Swedish.[7] Among her works are poems, narratives and children's fairy tales.[1] She also wrote and published a magazine for children and a number of children's books.[2]
Selected works
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "Julia Stadius" (PDF). Kuuromykkain Lehti. September 1906. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
- ^ a b Gammel, Moa (2015-11-07). Genier - Samtal om konsten att äga sitt eget liv (in Swedish). Natur & Kultur. ISBN 978-91-27-14487-3.
- ^ a b "KUUROMYKKÄIN LEHTI. Uusi uuosi. Julia Stadius. SUONEN KUUROMYKKÄINLIITON ÄÄNENKANNATTAJA. N:o 1. Tammikuu. 19:sta vuosik - PDF Free Download". docplayer.fi. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
- ^ a b c d "The Stadius | home". Retrieved 2020-07-16.
- ^ "Ylioppilasmatrikkeli 1853-1899". ylioppilasmatrikkeli.helsinki.fi. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
- ^ "753 (Svenskt författarlexikon / 1. 1900-1940 A-Ö)". runeberg.org (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-07-16.
- ^ "Stadius, Julia". www.kirjasampo.fi. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
- ^ Stadius, Julia (kirjoittaja ) (1907). Prinsessan till Björkeberga af Julia Stadius. Helsingfors: Förlagsaktiebolaget Helios, 1907.
- ^ Stadius, Julia (1918). Drömmarnas ö och andra sagor (in Swedish). Fram.
- ^ Stadius, Julia (1922). Mor Lisas sorgebarn: en berättelse om en finsk dövstum gosse (in Swedish). P. Alfr. Persons förlag.