Ortjo Stepanov has written a series of six novels entitled "A Tale of the Home District," which portray developments in Viena from the 1920s through the 1960s. The writer's home district provides the focus of the events in the novels.
Ortjo Stepanov
The best known resident of Haikola in the present century is the national writer of Karelia, Ortjo Stepanov, or, in the Karelian fashion, Ortjo, son of Miihkali, who is son of Pekka, in turn son of Oleksei, in turn son of Vaske, in turn son of Kalaska, son of Jouhko. In 1872, Borenius recorded poems sung by Vaske Kalaska, the grandfather of Stepanov's grandfather, and Karppa's Moarie, the mother of Stepanov's maternal grandfather, and stated that Haikola was one of the last bardic areas in the east.
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The best known resident of Haikola in the present century is the national writer of Karelia, Ortjo Stepanov, or, in the Karelian fashion, Ortjo, son of Miihkali, who is son of Pekka, in turn son of Oleksei, in turn son of Vaske, in turn son of Kalaska, son of Jouhko. In 1872, Borenius recorded poems sung by Vaske Kalaska, the grandfather of Stepanov's grandfather, and Karppa's Moarie, the mother of Stepanov's maternal grandfather, and stated that Haikola was one of the last bardic areas in the east...