Famous People with Name Kivi

Kivi Sotamaa            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Kivi Sotamaa: is a Finnish designer and principal of Sotamaa Design Ltd. He is the son of Finnish designer and college administrator Yrjö Sotamaa. Sotamaa holds a Masters degree from the University of Art and Design Helsinki. He is currently visiting professor at UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design. Previously he has been Assistant Professor of Architecture at Ohio State University and visiting professor at the Universität für Angewandte Kunst [2006], Institut für Architektur in Vienna. Until 2006 he was one of the principals of Ocean North.

Aleksis Kivi            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Aleksis Kivi: was a Finnish author who wrote the first significant novel in the Finnish language, Seven Brothers (Finnish title: Seitsemän veljestä). Although Kivi was among the very earliest authors of prose and lyrics in Finnish language, he is still considered one of the greatest of them all.Aleksis Kivi was born at Nurmijärvi, Finland, in a tailor's family. In 1846 he left for school in Helsinki, and in 1859 he was accepted to the University of Helsinki, where he studied literature and developed an interest in the theater. His first play was Kullervo, based on a tragic tale from Kalevala. He also met the famous journalist and statesman Johan Vilhelm Snellman.