ELM 2002/1

Viirlaid's Poetry in English

By Jüri Talvet
ELM 1/2002
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Arved Viirlaid. Selected Poems. Selected and translated from the Estonian by T.E. Moks and R.W. Stedingh. Vancouver. Lyre Press, 2001. 194 ...

Toomas Nipernaadi

By August Gailit
ELM 1/2002
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It was night - he stopped a while, drew his hand across his forehead, thought briefly, then took the raft over the river. For a long time h...

The old Barny

By Andrus Kivirähk
ELM 1/2002
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November 1stJust before noon, the sun put in a brief appearance. For several weeks now, such a miracle had not taken place; since the begin...

The German Verdict

By Cornelius Hasselblatt
ELM 1/2002
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Every good translation is a new verbalisation of content or of amessage and is not the simple transposition of words from onelanguage to an...

Rehepapp: the beauty of ugliness

By Kaisu Lahikainen
ELM 1/2002
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I started to read this novel on a long train journey, and I nearly missed my station. The initial impression was really weird: I felt almos...

Poetry by Arved Viirlaid

Translated by T.E. Moks and R.W. Stedingh            
ELM 1/2002
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A THOUSAND TIMESA thousand times the falling coffin lidhas tried to keep me underneath,where the dove, my dream, has veered amidwarm ashes ...

Old Barny - or, is humour translatable?

By Eric Dickens
ELM 1/2002
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Humour doesn’t always travel well. So, let me be frank, I am not on the same wavelength as Rehepapp (title translated variously as Old Barn...

Mushrooms and Poetry

By Mati Sirkel
ELM 1/2002
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The first Luulesild/Runon silta (Poetry Bridge) between Estonia and Finland occurred way back in 1982. The number of venues where the poets...

Estonian Voices in the Swedish Language

By Birgitta Göranson, Ivo Illiste
ELM 1/2002
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Only a few months ago, the prestigious National Geographical Society in Washington, D. C. published a coffee table book: "Peoples of th...

Edibles

By Turid Farbregd
ELM1/2002
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Andrus Kivirähk: The Old Barny. Tallinn 2000. 200 ppAre you one of those who devour literature voraciously, like a horse? And soap like a c...

Can literature save the world?

By Andres Ehin
ELM 1/2002
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Can literature save the world? Yes, it is busy with saving-work. It does the work together with allies – other fine arts are the nearest am...

August Gailit

By Jaanus Vaiksoo
ELM 1/2002
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1.    Beauty and uglinessThe literary work of August Gailit (1891-1960) has fascinated readers of different generations throughout the twen...