[6] Parnasso is published seven times per year and covers original writings on poetry, short fiction, essays, literary journalism, and reviews of both belles-lettres and nonfiction work.
[2] This edition also featured a Finnish translation of the short story by Fumiko Hayashi.
[9] The Finnish translations of the poems by the Russian Vladimir Mayakovsky were also published in the magazine in its eighth issue dated 1963.
[7] During the editorship of Kai Laitinen the Congress for Cultural Freedom, an anti-communist American organization, attempted to develop an affiliation with Parnasso, but it did not work.
[10] The past editors-in-chief of Parnasso are as follows:[5] Kaarlo Marjanen (1951-1954), Lauri Viljanen (1954-1956), Aatos Ojala (1957-1958), Kai Laitinen (1958-1966), Tuomas Anhava (1966-1979), Juhani Salokannel (1980-1986), Jarkko Laine (1987-2002), and Juhana Rossi (2003-2004)[3] In 2005 Jarmo Papinniemi became the editor-in-chief of the magazine.