Written Finnish could be said to have existed since Mikael Agricola translated the New Testament into Finnish during the Protestant Reformation, but few notable works of literature were written until the 19th century and the beginning of a Finnish national Romantic Movement. This prompted Elias Lönnrot to collect Finnish and Karelian folk poetry and arrange and publish them as the ''Kalevala'', the Finnish national epic. The era saw a rise of poets and novelists who wrote in Finnish, notably Aleksis Kivi (''The Seven Brothers''), Minna Canth (''Anna Liisa''), Eino Leino (''''), Johannes Linnankoski (''The Song of the Blood-Red Flower'') and Juhani Aho (''The Railroad'' and ''Juha''). Many writers of the national awakening wrote in Swedish, such as the national poet J. L. Runeberg (''The Tales of Ensign Stål'') and Zachris Topelius (''The Tomten in Åbo Castle'').