Aidi Vallik

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Aidi Vallik

Aidi Vallik (pseudonym Ats , born May 11, 1971 in Palivere , Lääne County ) is an Estonian poet and children's book author .

Life

Vallik visited u. a. the art school in Tartu and graduated from the evening grammar school in Haapsalu in 1991 . She then studied Estonian Philology at the University of Tartu from 1991 to 1996 . She worked in various positions as an artistic designer and librarian, from 1996 to 2004 she was a high school teacher in Haapsalu. She has been a freelance writer since 2004.

Vallik has been a member of the Estonian Writers' Union since 2006 .

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Vallik made his debut in book form in 1990 in a cassette “Young Authors” together with Liisi Ojamaa , Triin Soomets , Ruth Jyrjo and Elo Viiding . A review said that “three representatives of their generation and two confident authors” would be presented. The new sovereign voices referred to Elo Viiding and Triin Soomets, which later actually became a fixture in contemporary Estonian poetry. Vallik's poems were judged more cautiously because, according to one critic, they were “limited to their circles, their world” and not “penetrate deep.” Later, a critic compared them to the Finnish writer Anja Snellman .

The author achieved her greatest success with the youth book series How are you, Ann? and its two sequels, some of which have been translated into Finnish , Latvian and Lithuanian . One critic compared Vallik to the British children's author Melvin Burgess .

Awards

  • 2011 Karl Eduard Sööt Prize for children's poems
  • 2017 Karl Eduard Sööt Prize for children's poems

bibliography

Volumes of poetry

  • Anger pange tähele ('Don't worry about it '). Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 1990.
  • Videvikus lepatriinulend ('Ladybird flight in the twilight'). sl: Kadikas [1995]. 58 pp.
  • Mina ja Käthe Kollwitz ('Me and KK'). sl: Kadikas [1998]. 73 pp.
  • Ristsõna ('cross word'). Tallinn: Tuum 2001. 78 pp.

Children's and young people's literature (selection)

  • Kuidas elad, Ann? ('How are you, Ann?') Tallinn: Tänapäev 2001. 176 pp.
  • Mis teha, Ann? ('What to do, Ann?') Tallinn: Tänapäev 2002. 133 pp.
  • Mis sinuga juhtus, Ann? ('What happened to you, Ann?') Tallinn: Tänapäev 2007. 246 pp.
  • Minu käed ('My hands') Oomiste: Lugu-Loo 2018. 45 pp.
  • Minu pea ('My head') Oomiste: Lugu-Loo 2019. 45 pp.

Secondary literature

  • Piret Viires : Viis tüdrukut ja ei ühtegi poissi , in: Looming , No. 2/1992, pp. 277–279.
  • Barbi Pilvre: Ja neid saatvad isikud , in: Vikerkaar , No. 3/1992, pp. 83–85.
  • Marin Laak: Variatsioonid teemale “Kuidas yhiscond mind läbi pexis” , in: Keel ja Kirjandus , No. 3/1992, pp. 179–182.
  • Mart Velsker: Ümmargune jutt , in: Vikerkaar , No. 11-12 / 1996, pp. 167-169.
  • Priit Kruus : Väikese vanainimese “tea” yes “küosis” , in: Vikerkaar , No. 7/2001, pp. 97–99.
  • Leo Luks: Kuidas elad, noorsookirjandus? , in: Looming , No. 8/2001, pp. 1265-1267.
  • Kadri Tüür: Haapsalu tütar , in: Looming , No. 5/2002, pp. 767–769.
  • Ilona Martson: Aidi Vallik: What can you say about Ann? , in: Estonian Literary Magazine , No. 18 (2004), pp. 28-29.
  • Kirjanike Liidu uusi liikmeid , in: Looming , No. 4/2006, p. 627.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Aidi Vallik (Eesti Lastekirjanduse Keskus, Estonian, accessed May 10, 2020)
  2. ↑ Barbi Pilvre: Ja neid saatvad isikud , in: Vikerkaar , No. 3/1992, p. 83.
  3. ↑ Cornelius Hasselblatt : History of Estonian Literature. From the beginning to the present. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter 2006, p. 724.
  4. ↑ Piret Viires: Viis tüdrukut ja ei ühtegi poissi , in: Looming , No. 2/1992, p. 278.
  5. ↑ Kadri Tüür: Haapsalu tütar , in: Looming , No. 5/2002, p. 767.
  6. ↑ Leo Luks: Kuidas elad, noorsookirjandus? , in: Looming , No. 8/2001, p. 1265.
personal data
SURNAME Vallik, Aidi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ats (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian poet and children's book author
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Palivere , County of Lääne