Ain Kaalep

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Ain Kaalep (2010)

Ain Kaalep (born June 4, 1926 in Tartu ; † June 9, 2020 ) was an Estonian writer , poet , translator , literary critic and literary scholar .

Life

Ain Kaalep came from a family of intellectuals. He graduated from the renowned Hugo-Treffner-Gymnasium during the Second World War. He then joined the Finnish Army and fought in the German military in 1944 against the advancing Red Army. He later spent some time in Soviet captivity. In Tartu he studied Finn-Ugric Studies at the University of Tartu until 1956 . He then worked as a translator and freelance writer. In 1984 he received the Juhan Liiv Poetry Prize . Ain Kaalep was editor-in-chief of the Estonian cultural magazine Akadeemia from 1989 to 2001 .

Works (selection)

  • "Aomaastikud" (1962)
  • "Samarkandi vihik" (collection of poems, 1962)
  • "Iidamast ja Aadamast ehk antimanticulator" (play, 1967)
  • "Järvemaastikud" (collection of poems, 1968)
  • "Mäe veri (Totomauna)" (play, 1970)
  • "Klaasmaastikud" (1971)
  • "Paani surm ja teisi luuletusi" (1976)
  • "Peegelmaastikud" (anthology of his translation work, volume I 1976, volume II 1980)
  • "Kuldne Aphrodite ja teisi luuletusi" (collection of poems, 1986)
  • "Maavallast ja maailmakirjandusest" (literary reviews and essays, 1984)
  • "Minu silmad ja sinu silmad" (play, 1965)
  • "Kolm Lydiat" (1997)
  • "Haukamaa laulu '" (1999)

In addition, numerous translations, especially of poetry, among others from German, Spanish and French, but also from languages ​​such as Armenian and Uzbek. Ain Kaalep became known for his translations of the works of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing , Friedrich Schiller , Jakob Wassermann , Bertolt Brecht and Max Frisch into Estonian .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Suri Ain Kaalep , kultuur.err.ee, accessed June 10, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Kaalep, Ain
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian writer and translator
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Tartu
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 2020