The Juhan Liiv Prize for Poetry By Jüri Talvet ELM 2/2005 ••• Founded in 1965, the Juhan Liiv annual prize for poetry has been less visible perhaps for the general public than some other literary prize...
Stealing a Window: Estonian Y-Lit By Aare Pilv, Berk Vaher ELM 1/2005 ••• In the last couple of years, several peculiar literary works have been published in Estonia which have a certain ‘family resemblance’ in th...
Short Outlines of Books by Estonian Authors By Aare Pilv, Berk Vaher ELM 1/2005 ••• Toomas Raudam. Nips (Snap)Tallinn, Eesti Keele Sihtasutus 2004. 312 ppRaudam may be one of the most prolific Estonian essayists and prose w...
Poetry by Elo Viiding By Elo Viiding ELM 1/2005 ••• from the collection The First Will (Esimene tahe):* * *A tired woman on the buscompares my chestwith that of her daughtercompares my shoesw...
Lauri Pilter: Representative of a Nameless Minority By Argo Riistan ELM 1/2005 ••• Lauri Pilter’s arrival in Estonian literature caused no sensation. Since the mid-1990s he has been translating into Estonian bits and p...
Future Classics - How Should Freedom Be Used? By Priit Kruus ELM 1/2005 ••• In this article, the younger generation of Estonian authors will be discussed, in whose works we understand who are contemporary Estonians ...
Elo Viiding - a Poet who Plays on Social Nerves By Anneli Mihkelev ELM 1/2005 ••• Elo Viiding is one of the most distinguished Estonian poets, not only currently but also in terms of the history of Estonian literature. Sh...
Dreaming About Literature. Cultural Manifestos in Times of Transition By Janek Kraavi ELM 1/2005 ••• During the second half of the 1980s, Soviet Estonian literature gradually started to change. A new generation of writers appeared, introduc...
Dictophone Shamanism By Lauri Sommer ELM1/2005 ••• I will mostly talk about what has stayed with me. What has become familiar. Manipulating phonograms recorded on wax rolls, tapes, discs and...