Aita Kivi

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Aita Kivi (born December 20, 1954 in Tallinn ) is an Estonian poet and writer.

Life

Aita Kivi went to school in Tallinn from 1962 to 1973 and, after graduating from high school, studied applied mathematics at the University of Tartu for a year . In 1974, however, she moved to the Tallinn Polytechnic , where she graduated as a civil engineer in 1981 . She then worked in her profession for a few years, but switched to publishing in 1983. From 1983 to 1990 she was an editor at the Valgus publishing house . She then worked as a journalist for various newspapers and magazines. Since 2009 she has been editor-in-chief of the oldest Estonian women's magazine, Eesti naine ('Estonian Woman'), which was founded in 1924.

Aita Kivi has been a member of the Estonian Writers' Union since 1993 . The Estonian journalist and poet Krister Kivi is her son.

Literary work

Aita Kivi made her debut in 1982 with poetry in literary magazines and presented her first collection of poems in 1986. She was followed by a second book in 1988, but it was only with her third book that she met with greater criticism. Her collection of short stories, Nine Open-Hearted Women (1991), was the subject of controversy. While one reviewer tried to move the stories close to pornography, another reviewer stated that the book is "quite a long way from eroticism, not to mention pornography." Yet someone else saw potential in the book, the author attested but that she is only "on the way to feminism".

As a result, Aita Kivi submitted further collections of short stories and novels, which mostly dealt with interpersonal relationships. The criticism remained ambivalent, in addition to praise and comparisons with Oscar Wilde or Emmanuelle , there were also negative voices speaking of "erotic entertainment literature". At times she has been compared with the successful English writer Catherine Cookson , but also with Jane Austen .

The female perspective is always emphasized in her work, so that Aita Kivi has been compared to Kati Murutar or Kadri Kõusaar . In general, it can be said that Aita Kivi always “describes the intimate and sexual feelings of a woman in a love relationship with relatively great openness”.

Awards

bibliography

  • Usaldades ( 'Relying'). Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 1986. 63 pp.
  • Lendutõusja ('flying up'). Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 1988. 46 pp.
  • Üheksa avameelset naist ('Nine open-hearted women'). Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 1991. 173 pp.
  • Teisikud ja armukesed ('doppelganger and lover'). Tallinn: RAS Rahva Hääl 1993. 133 pp.
  • Calendar päevik Aita Kivi luuletustega ('Calendar diary with poems by Aita Kivi'). Tallinn: RE Stuudio 1994. 104 pp.
  • Aknalseisja ('The one standing at the window'). s. l .: RE Studio s. a. [1996?] 79 pp.
  • Jumala cap. Armastusromaan ('Knabenkraut. Romance novel'). Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 1996. 237 pp.
  • Tunde küsimus ('A question of feeling'). Tallinn: Tänapäev 2000. 71 pp.
  • Lummus ('enchantment'). Tallinn: Ajakirjade Kirjastus 2001. 270 pp.
  • Mees nende elus ('The man in her life'). Tallinn: Ajakirjade Kirjastus 2003. 224 pp.
  • Lähedal ('near'). Tallinn: AS Ajakirjade Kirjastus 2008. 239 pp.
  • 17 avameelset naist ('17 open-hearted women '). Tallinn: Ajakirjade Kirjastus 2009. 220 pp.
  • Ära möödu must lähedalt ('don't walk close to me'). Tallinn: Ajakirjade Kirjastus 2014. 208 pp.
  • Keegi teine ('someone else'). Tallinn: Ajakirjade Kirjastus 2014. 255 pp.

Secondary literature

  • Kalle Muuli : Usaldamise piirid, in: Vikerkaar 3/1987, pp. 79-80.
  • Eva Adamson: Rohkem visandite vihik, in: Vikerkaar 3/1987, p. 80.
  • Piret Viires : Naiste maailm, in: Eesti Elu / Estonian Life, July 22, 1991.
  • Maimu Berg : Teel feminismile, in: Looming 10/1991, p. 1432.
  • Merle Pajula: Avameelsed ?, in: Vikerkaar 10/1991, pp. 92-93.
  • Enno Poodnek: Peegel ja pilt, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 2/1994, pp. 121–122.
  • Barbi Pilvre : Avameelselt elust isaga, in: Looming 1/1997, pp. 127–128.
  • Eeva Park : Tüdruk sise-, välis- ja külgvaates, in: Looming 1/1997, pp. 128–130.
  • Eve Annuk: Naiserootika arkamine, in: Vikerkaar 4-5 / 1997, pp. 173-175.
  • Fagira D. Morti : Lummutis, in: Looming 5/2002, pp. 778-782.
  • Elo Lindsalu: Naisekeha "hääl" Aita Kivi loomingus, in: Eesti Kirjanduse Seltsi Aastaraamat 29 (2002). Tartu, pp. 64-76.
  • Teet Kallas : Naistekas küll, aga kirjandus ka, in: Looming 9/2008, pp. 1424–1426.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eesti kirjanike leksikon. Koostanud Oskar Kruus yes Heino Puhvel. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 2000, p. 204.
  2. ↑ vaapo Vaher, in Eesti Ekspress , April 26, 1991, p. 19
  3. ↑ Piret Viires: Naiste maailm, in: Eesti Elu / Estonian Life, July 22, 1991.
  4. ↑ Maimu Berg: Teel feminismile, in: Looming 10/1991, p. 1432.
  5. ↑ Kati Murutar: Dorian Gray portreed pisarate ja paberossidega, in: Hommikuleht October 20, 1993.
  6. ↑ Barbi Pilvre: Püüdlikult tehtud naiskirjandus kuiva erootikaga, in: Hommikuleht October 20, 1993.
  7. ↑ Kati Murutar: "Lummusest" saaks Cooksoni lugude laadsest filmi, in Sirp December 14, 2001, p. 7.
  8. ↑ Eve Annuk: Naiserootika ärkamine in: Vikerkaar 4-5 / 1997, p 173rd
  9. ↑ Barbi Pilvre: Avameelselt elust isaga, in: Looming 1/1997, p. 128.
  10. ↑ Teet Kallas: Naistekas küll, aga kirjandus ka, in: Looming 9/2008, p. 1424.
  11. ↑ Cornelius Hasselblatt : History of Estonian Literature. From the beginning to the present. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter 2006, pp. 733-734; see. also Elo Lindsalu: Naisekeha "hääl" Aita Kivi loomingus, in: Eesti Kirjanduse Seltsi Aastaraamat 29 (2002). Tartu, pp. 64-76.
personal data
SURNAME Kivi, Aita
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Tallinn