Walking the literary tighrope - Jaan Kross By Christian Braw ELM 1/2008 ••• “Honest artisans, dandies and bumpkins! Ernveste hern und frawn von der adell! Förärade och nådigaste borgare! Make haste, make haste, make...
A Revolving Stage: Notes on the Contemporary Estonian Literary Field By Rein Veidemann 1/2024 ••• The revolving-stage concept, first used in a Munich theater in the late 19th century, can certainly be a metaphor to describe the 21st-cen...
Jaan Kross –An Estonian ambassador By Cornelius Hasselblatt ELM 1/2020 ••• When Estonia gained independence in 1918, one of the first tasks of the new state was to tell the rest of the world that it exists. Diploma...
Job Lisman Being led by literature An interview by ELM ELM 1/2017 ••• Job Lisman is the editorial director of Prometheus/Bert Bakker Publishers in the Netherlands, which publishes such bestselling authors as Je...
Insanity in Estonian literature By Maarja Vaino ELM 1/2016 ••• According to US literary critic Shoshana Felman, insanity is an obsession of contemporary literature: stories being told are almost exclusiv...
Literary Awards 2005 By Tiina Randviir ELM 2/2006 ••• The 2005 Cultural Award of the Republic of Estonia for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement was given to the grand old man of Estonian letters,...
Short Outlines of Books by Estonian Authors By Rutt Hinrikus ELM 1/2004 ••• Jaan Kross. Kallid kaasteelised (Dear Co-travellers)Tallinn, Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2003. 719 ppThe publication of Jaan Kross’ (1920) ...
Short outlines of books by Estonian authors By Janika Kronberg ELM 2/2003 ••• Karl-Martin Sinijärv. Artutart & 39Tallinn, Tuum, 2002. 75 ppKarl-Martin Sinijärv (1971) entered Estonian literature almost as a child ...
Treading Air. A tragicomedy in 40 acts By Eric Dickens ELM 1/2003 ••• Jaan Kross’ 1998 novel Paigallend will soon be appearing in English under the title of Treading Air which is an approximation to the origi...
Three episodes from Ullo's childhood... as deswcribed in the novel Treading Air By Jaan Kross ELM 1/2003 ••• ULLO IN BERLIN AS A CHILD, ANNO 1923Ullo did not recall his impressions of the railway journey. But he did remember the taxi journey to Unt...
Die Historische romane von Jaan Kross By Wolfgang Drechsler ELM 2/2001 ••• Kerttu WagnerDie historischen Romane von Jaan KrossAm Beispiel einer Untersuchung der deutschen und englischen Übersetzungen von Profes...
Jaan Kross 80: Three Dialogues By Eric Dickens ELM 1/2000 ••• Characters:Jaan Kross, literary classic, 80 years old on 19th FebruaryEllen Niit, his wife, Estonian writerAksel Tamm, Soviet-time publ...
Literature awards 1998 By Piret Viires 1/1999 ••• Various literature awards are given in Estonia each year, the most important of which is the national cultural award. In 1998 this pres...