Agnes Taar

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Agnes Taar (real name Agnes-Elsa Blaubrük , Estonian Kajara , born September 5 July / September 17,  1897 greg. In Maru, Halliste municipality ; † December 7, 1976 in Tartu ) was an Estonian writer .

Life

Taar graduated from high school as an external student in Pärnu in 1916 and was an elementary school teacher a year later after completing a few pedagogical courses. In this profession she worked at various schools until 1925. After a year (1927–1928) as a postal worker in Viljandi , she lived from 1928 as a freelance writer in Tartu.

Taar was 1931-1932 with the magazine Eesti Naine ('The Estonian Woman') and in 1940 was accepted into the Estonian Writers' Union. After the political upheavals in Estonia, however, she was again excluded from the association in 1950. In 1976 she and her husband committed suicide.

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Agnes Taar made her debut in 1924 with stories and poems for children and published her first children's book in 1928. The verses in it were "cumbersome and technically incorrect in places", but later collections reached a higher level. Since the early 1930s, Taar has been writing plays for adults, which were characterized by “colorful folk language” and “beautiful situation comedy”. The pieces were played a lot at the time, but ultimately did not stand up to the ravages of time.

In many of her works, Taar, comparable to Helmi Mäelo, dealt with questions of women and emancipation. In 1938 and 1940 she published two highly autobiographical development novels that met with mixed feedback. While one critic complained that the second volume straying around and on the run offers nothing more than an "outdated morality", they were crossed out as "successful" elsewhere.

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Drama and prose

  • Emake maamuld. Sewing 3 vaatuses ('Mother Earth. Drama in three acts'). Tartu: Noor-Eesti 1931. 65 pp.
  • Veskineiu. Romantiline operett 5 pildis ('Die Mühlenjungfer. Romantic operetta in 5 pictures'). [Libretto to the music by A. Virkhaus]. sl: sn 1932. 75 pp.
  • Kõrgemäe noored. Sewing 3 vaatuses ('The young people of Kõrgemäe. Drama in 3 acts'). Tartu: Noor-Eesti 1932. 75 pp.
  • Naisvallavanem. Komöödia 3 vaatuses ('The community leader. Comedy in 3 acts'). Tartu: Noor-Eesti 1933. 86 pp.
  • Kes on süüdi? Draama 4 vaatuses ('Who is to blame? Drama in 4 acts'). Tartu: Noor-Eesti 1934. 72 pp.
  • Kolm sin. Näidend neljas vaatuses ('Three Births. Drama in Four Acts'). Tartu: Noor-Eesti 1935. 82 pp.
  • Naine tulikahjumärgiga. Näidend viies vaatuses ('The woman with the brand. Drama in five acts'). Tallinn: Eesti Haridusliit 1936. 140 pp.
  • Mari-Ann õpetajatütar. Ühe tütarlapse eelkevad (' Teacher's daughter Mari-Ann. A girl's early spring'). Tartu: Eesti Kirjastuse Cooperative 1938. 243 pp.
  • Hulkumas yes põgenemas. Romaan ('Straying around and on the run. Roman'). Tartu: Eesti Kirjastuse Cooperative 1940. 261 pp.

Children's and young people's literature

  • Klu, klu ... Luuletusi lastele ('Klu, klu ... poems for children'). Tartu: Noor-Eesti 1928. 80 pp.
  • Mida kinkida emale? Ladenäidend emadepäevaks ('What to give a mother? A children's play on Mother's Day'). Tartu: Sõnavara 1929. 15 pp.
  • Ema armastus. Ühevaatuseline Näidend lastele ('Mother's love. One act for children'). Tartu: Sõnavara 1929. 14 pp.
  • Imeline võõras. Jõulujutt ('The Strange Guest. Christmas Story'). Tartu: O. Luik 1930. 13 pp.
  • Kolm poissi ja õnnenumber ('Three boys and the lucky number'). Tartu: Oskar Luik 1931. 15 pp.
  • Mustlase koer ('The Gypsy Dog '). Tartu: Noor-Eesti 1936. 31 pp.
  • Kuldnokk naasis ('The star has returned'). Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 1970. 14 pp.

Literature on the author

  • Marta Otsasoo: Agnes Taar: Mari-Ann, õpetajatütar, in: Eesti Kirjandus 12/1938, pp. 555–556.
  • Aira Kaal : Agners Taar: Hulkumas ja põgenemas, in: Looming 7/1940, pp. 791–792.
  • Oskar Kruus : Agnes Taari Tihtpeäv, in: Looming 9/1968, p. 1435.
  • Oskar Kruus: Agnes Taar, in: Naine hanesulega. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 1971, pp. 211-218.
  • Eerik Teder: Pilk Agnes Taari loominguteele, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 9/1973, p. 574.
  • Reet Krusten: Unustatud või ahistatud ?, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 9/1997, pp. 642–643.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cornelius Hasselblatt : History of Estonian Literature. From the beginning to the present. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter 2006, p. 550.
  2. ↑ Eesti kirjanike leksikon. Koostanud Oskar Kruus yes Heino Puhvel. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 2000, p. 571.
  3. ↑ Reet crusts: Eesti Lastekirjandus. Tartu: Elmatar 1995, p. 114.
  4. ↑ Oskar Kruus: Agnes Taari tahtpeäv, in: Looming 9/1968, p. 1435.
  5. ^ Oskar Kruus: Agnes Taar, in: Naine hanesulega. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 1971, p. 216.
  6. ↑ Reet Krusten: Unustatud või ahistatud ?, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 9/1997, p. 643.
  7. ↑ Aira Kaal: Agners Taar: Hulkumas ja põgenemas, in: Looming 7/1940, p. 792.
  8. ↑ Eesti kirjanduse ajalugu. IV köide, 2. raamat. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 1984, p. 337.
personal data
SURNAME Taar, Agnes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blaubrück, Agnes; Kajara, Agnes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 17, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Maru, Halliste municipality
DATE OF DEATH 7th December 1976
Place of death Tartu