Aksel Tamm

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Aksel Tamm (born December 23, 1931 in Tallinn ) is an Estonian literary scholar , critic and publicist.

Life

Aksel Tamm started school in Estonia before the war, but spent the years of World War II in the Soviet hinterland. He graduated from high school in Tallinn in 1950. From 1950 to 1956 he studied Estonian philology at the University of Tartu and graduated with a thesis on Jaan Kärner . After a few years as a doctoral student - a thesis on Friedebert Tuglas was planned - he joined the editorial team of the literary magazine Looming in 1958 , where he headed the journalism department. From 1961 he held various functions within the Estonian Writers' Union and in the publishing industry. From 1966 to 1982 he worked as editor-in-chief at the Estonian state publisher “Eesti Raamat”, then from 1983 to 1995 he was editor-in-chief of the magazine Keel ja Kirjandus . He then worked for several years as an advisor to President Lennart Meri .

Aksel Tamm has been a member of the Estonian Writers' Union since 1966.

plant

Aksel Tamm has been writing columns and features since 1945 and appeared as a critic from 1952. In this area he is also known as a moderator of literary programs on radio and television. He focused on modern Estonian literature and general Soviet literature.

Aksel Tamm has also translated from Russian, including works by Ilja Ehrenburg and I. Grekowa .

Awards

bibliography

  • Aga see oli üks mees. Eluvisandeid. Tallinn: Kuldsulg 2003. 230 pp.
  • Yes väntab härg. (Pamflette.) Tallinn: Kuldsulg 2004. 160 pp.
  • Ütle, tsensor, milleks sulle käärid. Tallinn: Kuldsulg 2012. 177 pp.

Literature on the author

  • Jaan Toomla: Aksel Tamm 50, in: Keel ja Kirjandus 12/1981, pp. 758–759.
  • Einar Maasik : Arupidamisi meie kasvuaastate ümber, in: Looming 12/1981, pp. 1779–1781.
  • (Interview) in: Vikerkaar 10/1994, pp. 77-85.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vikerkaar 10/1994, p. 77.
  2. ↑ Eesti kirjanike leksikon. Koostanud Oskar Kruus yes Heino Puhvel. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 2000, pp. 577-578.
personal data
SURNAME Tamm, Aksel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian literary scholar, critic and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Tallinn