Crime-story-writers event at Hattula, 2010: Markku Ropponen, Susanna Yli-Lujoma, Matti Nummenpää and Marko Kilpi. The event is organized on a yearly basis by the Mauri Sariolaassociation
Elias Lönnrot’s (1802-1884) birthplace, the Paikkari Torppa in Sammatti, is currently threatened, as the Finnish National Board of Antiquities has given up its maintenance. Nimikot is taking part in an initiative to preserve the writer’s house as a cultural resort. The conservation of writers’ houses and for them to remain a part of the Finnish cultural activity is essential. This entails national organization. Consequently, Nimikot is collecting information of all the ateliers and writers’ residences which carry a particular writer’s name and are open to the public. The goal is to build a cooperation network for the writers’ residences and thus disseminate more information to the public concerning the activities, opening hours, location etc. of the houses/exhibition rooms/museums. This information will be published at Nimikot home page. Thanks to the Grundtvig-project, much information has been obtained about the successful marketing of writers’ houses.
2. Communicating literary heritage through institutional cooperation in Europe The Federation’s cooperation across national borders began with a Nordic seminar in 2007. Since then, Nordic seminars have been organized every other year. Cooperation initiatives are also run with European organisations and writers’ museums.
65