ELM 2005/1

The Juhan Liiv Prize for Poetry

By Jüri Talvet
ELM 2/2005
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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
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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
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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
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from the collection The First Will (Esimene tahe):* * *A tired woman on the buscompares my chestwith that of her daughtercompares my shoesw...

Future Classics - How Should Freedom Be Used?

By Priit Kruus
ELM 1/2005
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In this article, the younger generation of Estonian authors will be discussed, in whose works we understand who are contemporary Estonians ...

Dictophone Shamanism

By Lauri Sommer
ELM1/2005
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I will mostly talk about what has stayed with me. What has become familiar. Manipulating phonograms recorded on wax rolls, tapes, discs and...