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Topic: Estonian Literature Posted: 23-Dec-2005 at 06:01 |
Who of you has read any Estonian literacy items? I am asking this because for being a small country, Estonia has got a number of very skilled writers the best of them being:
- Oskar Luts
- Karl Ristikivi
- Anton Hansen Tammsaare
- August Kitzberg
- August Gailit
- Andrus Kivirhk
- Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald
- Jaan Kross
- Juhan Liiv
- Friedebert Tuglas
And a huge number of skilled poets:
- Betti Alver
- Lydia Koidula
- Juhan Liiv
- Paul-Eerik Rummo
- Marie Under
- Juhan Viiding
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Kalevipoeg
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Posted: 25-Dec-2005 at 18:56 |
I haven't even read "Spring" by Oskar Luts.
I have read one of Gailits works, Kitzbergs "werewolf", Kross and of course, Kivirhk.
Quite pathetic for a native actually.
Whenever you read Estonian literature you will mostly get, what i have
picked up from my shallow reading of it, a great depression of the
REALISM it always contains. Everything painted in grey, grey-blue, in a
depressive colorite atleast. Every page passes slowly with little
activity, long realistic talks of poor Estonian hicks (the true
Estonian spirit).
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Posted: 06-Jan-2006 at 05:46 |
I've read "Spring" by Oscar Luts. Good book! I liked it. As for the national spirit... I think if the writer manages to express it in his creation it's his merit.
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Posted: 06-Jan-2006 at 18:56 |
I would love to read some Estonian literature! I really love reading foreign literature. I'll have to do an internet search on those authors. Unless you already have some links I could use? Thanks!
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Posted: 08-Jan-2006 at 15:00 |
Are their any Poets that I may find a book in English translation?
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Posted: 13-Jan-2006 at 18:03 |
I shall investigate. Which pieces of literature have been translated
from Estonian to English. As much as i know about the "great Estonian
novel ", named "Truth and justice" by Anton Hansen Tammsaare (our elite
of the elite, compared to Bulgakov i might boast, not by style, but
class) is to my knowledge in almost every European language except
English.
I'll see poetry too.
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Posted: 17-Jan-2006 at 12:22 |
Thanks for taking your time to look Kalevipoeg. I really appreciate it.
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Posted: 18-Jan-2006 at 13:01 |
I found some authors:
The avangard of novel writers have English translations:
1) Jaan Kross - has more extensive translations
2) Karl Ristikivi
also August Gailit, Friedebert Tuglas seem to be in English on some level.
Estonian poetess: Betti Alver
and another poetess Marie Under
i have this link on Under with one translated poem i happened to find:
http://www.lituanus.org/1983_3/83_3_05.htm
Hope it is easy to find these translations somewhere, how rare are these, really don't know.
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Posted: 20-Jan-2006 at 15:10 |
Thnaks for finding them. I looked them up at amazon.com and barnes and nobles, but they are mostly out of print or in the native language.
Thanks again.
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