ELM 2004/1

Short outlines of Books by Estonian Authors

By Janika Kronberg
ELM 1/2004
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Nikolai Baturin: Kentaur (The Centaur)Tallinn, Eesti Raamat, 2003. 574 ppThe main theme of Nikolai Baturin’s (b. 1936) work has been th...

Short Outlines of Books by Estonian Authors

By Rutt Hinrikus
ELM 1/2004
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Jaan Kross. Kallid kaasteelised (Dear Co-travellers)Tallinn, Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2003. 719 ppThe publication of Jaan Kross’ (1920) ...

Poetry by Karl Martin Sinijärv


ELM 1/2004
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Hello-    summers, black evanescences,mad dog, it’s barking at itself, it’s amad dog –-    touch a dark stone, toucha deep stone, warmly, l...

How's life, Ann?

By Aidi Vallik
ELM 1/2004
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Chapter 13I was sitting on the steps outside the shop chewing on a blade of grass. Rita came and asked what was wrong. Nothing, I answered ...

Estonian Life Story: Narrative and Testimony

By Rutt Hinrikus
ELM 1/2004
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Although the notion of autobiography developed in England only in 1786, the life story, together with memoirs, diaries and correspondence, ...

Cooking Poems: Karl Martin Sinijärv


ELM 1/2004
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ELM: What to ask of a 32-year-old writer whose first book appeared 15 years ago, and who is equally busy as a TV host, restaurant criti...

Albert Kivikas: Writer of the Republic

By Toomas Haug
ELM 1/2004
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Albert Kivikas (1898-1978) had three quite distinct roles in Estonian literary history. I will examine them in chronological order. Kivikas...

Aidi Vallik

By Ilona Martson
ELM 1/2004
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Aidi Vallik, author of several collections of poetry, has talked a few times about how she came to write books for young people.As a teache...