Conversations
Latest articles in the Conversations category
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David Vseviov is a popular historian in Estonia – students know him as an erudite professor, while the general public knows him as an enter...
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Karl Martin Sinijärv (b. 1971) made his debut in Estonian literature with the poetry collection Threecircle in 1989. Silvia Urgas’s debut i...
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Kätlin Kaldmaa is a universal literary figure who does – and achieves – many things. She is an award-winning poet, a prose writer, children...
Portraits
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Novels, novellas, plays, opinion pieces, and radio programs – Andrus Kivirähk is so active in so many different creative fields that it is ...
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When Estonia gained independence in 1918, one of the first tasks of the new state was to tell the rest of the world that it exists. Diploma...
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Andres Allan Ellmann (1964-1988) was one of the very few mystical poets in post-war Estonian poetry. I think it was in his blood – his moth...
Reflections
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A speech by Mati Sirkel on Jaan Kross’s 80th birthday celebration at the Estonian Drama Theater, 2000Honorable Jaan!If you would allow me t...
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A very long time ago, so long now that it came as a great surprise even to myself, Piret Viires and I were the original editors of Estonian...
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A perfect day naturally begins early in the morning. That is my time! I hope I never learn to sleep in! I’d never exchange the promisin...
Book reviews
Latest articles in the book reviews category
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Postimees Kirjastus 2019, 272 ppISBN 9789949669653
Eia Uus’s new novel, What It Feels Like for a Girl, could be catalogued in the “leisu...
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Ärkel 2019, 184 pp9789949727223
Jaanus Vaiksoo’s Shoe #39 tells the story of 11-year-old Paul, who skips school for the first time in hi...
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Vihmakass ja kakerdaja 2019, 320 ppISBN 9789949997763
The title page of Kaur Riismaa’s Little Ferdinand includes a promise: “The charact...