Aleksander Antson

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Aleksander Antson (born August 31, 1899 in Võrsna , Saaremaa Island , † September 21, 1945 in Haapsalu ) was an Estonian writer.

Life

Aleksander Antson was born on the island of Saaremaa . He trained as a school teacher for Estonian and sports. Antson worked as a teacher and journalist from 1916. In 1925/26 he worked as an editor at Virulane , from 1927 to 1930 at Rahva Sõna and from 1931 to 1933 at Vaba Maa . With the first Soviet occupation of Estonia in 1940/41 he was employed by the communist party newspaper Rahva Hääl .

Early on, Antson teamed up with politically like-minded people who were attached to social issues and pacifism . They formed a loose literary group called Aktsioon . Antson in particular shows himself to be influenced by Expressionism . Antson and his friend Valter Kaaver also published three literary almanacs (1926, 1927 and 1929) under the title Aktsioon .

In the 1920s, Antson was a recognized political writer. Especially his plays , which describe the horrors of war but also the revolutionary struggle, were among the popular stage works of the time. In the 1930s he also turned to lighter subjects that were played on village stages. In addition, Antson wrote two novels, numerous satirical epigrams and travel stories (including 1930 together with Rudolf Sirge about the Soviet Union).

He was also active in the workers' sports movement. In the Estonian team he took part in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris as a 1500 meter runner . His book about the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin (reprinted in 1992) received great attention.

With the German occupation of Estonia (1941–44), Antson was arrested and sent to prison. In 1945 he was killed in a traffic accident.

Works (selection)

  • Lapsed (drama, 1925)
  • Kolgata (drama, 1926)
  • Vennad (unfinished drama, 1926)
  • Vangid (drama, 1927)
  • 147 (drama, 1927)
  • Surmatants (drama, 1929)
  • Tänapäeva Venemaa (travel story, 1930)
  • Töölise tütar (drama, 1931)
  • Tšempionaat (drama, 1933)
  • Muretute ülemlaul (Drama, 1935)
  • Kirg (novel, 1937)
  • Inimesed tuisus (Rahvamehed) (Drama, 1938)
  • Sina ei pea mitte himustama ... (novel, 1938)
  • Kosjatalu (drama, 1939)
  • Orduaja lõpp (Parun Kolib era) (drama, 1940)
  • Võit (youth story , 1946)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eesti elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 22f.
personal data
SURNAME Antson, Aleksander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Võrsna , Saaremaa island
DATE OF DEATH September 21, 1945
Place of death Haapsalu