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Too nice a drunk
locking up my bike in front of the store
a babbling drunk approached me
I wanted to withdraw
but he said
listen
you...
ELM 2016/2
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Kai Aareleid’s questions for Veronika Kivisilla
For starters, perhaps tell the story of your own writing. The recognition of it, things t...
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1960
They meet up at Tiina’s house after school. Tiina puts her bag in her room and follows Vova, because he wants to show her his turtle...
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Kai Aareleid (1972) and Veronika Kivisilla (1978) are writers whose works have, in a way, recently debuted. Both published their first liter...
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In February 2016, compelling news rang out: Jaan Kaplinski was awarded the European Prize for Literature. The award, which is sponsored by t...
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Jan Kaus, Läheduste raamat (The Book of Closeness)
Tallinn, Verb, 2016. 72 pp
ISBN: 9789949969067
The miniature, just like many other f...
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Kai Aareleid, Holger Kaints, and Ilmar Taska deal with the 1940s in their newest novels.
Discussing the relationship between memories and...
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I’ll start with children’s own assessment. Together with third-grade students, we drafted a list of important public figures in Estonia base...
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While the topic of confession and a deluge of biographies were items of discussion in Estonian literature during the first decade ...
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The Estonian Literature Center has a magnificent tradition of inviting translators of Estonian literature who hail from all around the world...
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An oracle proclaimed to a Theban king
that he would live a long and happy life —
not one younger kinsman would slay him.
We would never h...
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Just about a year ago, Jüri Kolk, Jan Kaus, Karl Martin Sinijärv, and I were reading our own works and a pinch of others’ to a nearly full h...
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Karl Martin Sinijärv, KMSX: Kuidas öelda (KMSX: How to Say)
Tallinn, Näo Kirik, 2016. 96 pp
ISBN: 9789949980901
Karl Martin Sinijärv (1...
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Mehis Heinsaar, Unistuste tappev kasvamine (The Killing Growth of Dreams)
Tallinn, Menu Publishing, 2016. 232 pp
ISBN: 9789949549245
Me...
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Meelis Friedenthal, Inglite keel (The Language of Angels)
Tallinn, Varrak, 2016. 208 pp
ISBN: 9789985337004
Meelis Friedenthal (1973) i...
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P. I. Filimonov, Laulis, kuni kõik lõppes (She Sang to the End)
Tallinn, Varrak, 2016. 312 pp
Translated into Estonian from the Russian by...
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Silvia Urgas, Siht/koht (Destination)
Tartu, Elusamus, 2015. 48 pp.
ISBN 9789949387083
Silvia Urgas (1992) is one of Estonia’s newest ...