Andrus Kivirahk

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Andrus Kivirähk (2010)

Andrus Kivirähk (born August 17, 1970 in Tallinn ) is an Estonian writer .

Live and act

Andrus Kivirähk comes from a theater family and studied journalism from 1988 to 1993 at the University of Tartu .

Kivirähk is one of the most versatile, productive and popular contemporary authors in Estonia. As a teenager he made his debut in the satirical magazine Pikker in 1984 and has been writing for the daily newspaper Eesti Päevaleht since 1991 . He has numerous publications as a novelist, children's writer, screenplay writer and playwright as well as a columnist.

A lively humor with grotesque and satirical traits up to the absurd are attested as a special trademark, with which he sometimes achieves a “deconstruction of the national myth”. An example of this is his debut Ivan Orava mälestused ehk Minevik kui helesinised mäed ( The Memories of Ivan Orav ), which first appeared in the newspaper Eesti Päevaleht and was published as a book in 1995. The use of motifs from Estonian folklore gives Kivirähk's prose a fantastic dimension. This is particularly true in his two successful novels Rehepapp ehk November ( Der Scheunenvogt ) and Mees, kes teadis ussisõnu ( Eng . The man who spoke to snakes , translated by Cornelius Hasselblatt ). Despite his direct references to Estonian history, the author's success is not limited to Estonia, as the translations of his novels into German, English, Finnish, French, Latvian, Norwegian, Russian, Czech and Hungarian show.

Andrus Kivirähk has been a member of the Estonian Writers' Union since 1996 . He lives in Tallinn and is married to the journalist Ilona Martson. The couple has three daughters.

Awards

  • 1994: Oskar Luts Prize for Humor
  • 1996: Annual Prize of the Estonian Cultural Capital
  • 1998: Friedebert Tuglas Novella Prize
  • 2001: Annual Prize of the Estonian Cultural Capital
  • 2001: Virumaa Literature Prize
  • 2003: Tammsaare Novel Prize
  • 2003 Kreutzwald commemorative medal
  • 2006: Nukits Prize for the best children's book in Estonia
  • 2007: Estonian State Prize for Culture
  • 2008: Nukits Prize for the best children's book in Estonia
  • 2008: Annual Prize of the Estonian Cultural Capital
  • 2008: Virumaa Literature Prize
  • 2008: Eduard Vilde Prize
  • 2008: Stalker Prize for Estonian Science Fiction
  • 2010: Nukits Prize for the best children's book in Estonia
  • 2011: Janis Baltvilksi Prize for Children's Literature (Latvia)
  • 2013: Janis Baltvilksi Prize for Children's Literature (Latvia)
  • 2014: Annual Prize of the Estonian Cultural Capital
  • 2014: Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for the best foreign novel with L'homme qui savait la langue des serpents (France)
  • 2016: Literature Prize of the City of Tartu for the youth book Oskar ja asjad
  • 2019 Literature Prize of the Estonian Cultural Capital (Children's Literature)

bibliography

prose

Novels

  • Ivan Orava mälestused ehk Minevik kui helesinised mäed . 1995; extended editions 2001, 2008 and 2013
  • Õlle kõrvale . AS Vaho, 1996
  • Kalevipoeg . (See also Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald : Kalevipoeg , National Epic of Estonia.) Baltic News Service, 1997
  • Pagari piparkook . Kupar, 1999
  • Liblikas . Tuum, 1999 and 2007
  • Rehepapp ehk November . Varrak, 2000
  • Jutud . Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2005
  • Mees, kes teadis ussisõnu . Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2007
The man who talked to snakes . From the Estonian by Cornelius Hasselblatt . Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2017. ISBN 978-3-608-98107-0
  • Jumala lood . Eesti Päevaleht, 2009
  • Maailma otsas. Pildikesi heade inimeste elust . Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2013

Feature sections

  • Rahva oma kaitse . Together with Mart Juur. Tänapäev, 2000
  • Vargamäe vanad ja noored . 2003
  • Vargamäe vanad ja noored länevad Euroopasse . 2004
  • Vremya. Timur yes tema meeskond . Together with Mart Juur. 2004
  • Vremya. Zorro Mark . Together with Mart Juur. 2004
  • Vargamäe vanad ja noored tembutavad jälle . 2005

Children's and young people's literature

  • Kaelkirjak . Tiritamm, 1995; Publisher Tänapäev, 2000 and 2007
  • Sirli, Siim yes salad used . Varrak, 1999 and 2002
  • Lotte reis lõunamaale . Varrak, 2002
  • Sibulad yes šokolaad . Together with Tõnu Oja. 2002
  • Limpa yes mereröövlid . 2004
  • Vaene üliõpilane . 2004
  • Kaka yes kevad . 2009
De Schiet un dat Fröhjohr . With illustrations by Heiki Ernits. Translated by Heiko Frese into Low German. Verlag Plaggenhauer, 2015 ISBN 978-3-937949-19-2 .
The Schiet and the spring . With illustrations by Meike Teichmann. Translated by Cornelius Hasselblatt. Willegoos, Potsdam 2015. ISBN 978-3-944445-08-3 .
  • Konna musi. With pictures by Anne Pikkov. Varrak, 2013
Kissing frogs. Illustrated by Anne Pikkov. Translation from Estonian: Cornelius Hasselblatt. Potsdam: Willegoos 2015.
  • Suur Tõll. With pictures by Jüri Arrak. Varrak, 2014
  • Carnival yes kartulisalat. Illustrations by Heiki Ernits. Varrak, 2015
  • Oskar yes asjad. With pictures by Anne Pikkov. Film Distribution OÜ, 2015
  • Tilda yes tolmuingel . Illustreerinud Takinada. s. l .: FD Distribution OÜ 2018
Scripts

Spectacles

  • Vanamehed side smendalt. Jalutuskäik vikerkaarel . Perioodika, Loomingu Raamatukogu 16/1997
  • Papagoide päevad . Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2003
  • Romeo yes Juliet . Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2003
  • Adolf Rühka lühikene elu . Eesti Draamateater, 2005
  • Aabitsa kukk . Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2006
  • Surrealistid . Eesti Draamateater, 2007
  • Voldemar . Eesti Draamateater, 2007
  • Vombat . Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2011
  • Lood . Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2012
  • Kevadine Luts . Loomingu Raamatukogu, 2012

literature

  • Piret Noorhani: Ajalugu - võimalik või tegelik. Ivan Orava next. In: Muutuste mehhanismid. Tartu 2000, pp. 173-184.
  • Piret Noorhani: Kivirähkiga imedemaal. Grotestkivõimalus. In: Keel ja Kirjandus 4/2002, pp. 231–245; 5/2002, pp. 329-341.
  • Epp Annus: Kubjas yes corporate: Armastusest yes rahvuslikust moraalist. In: Looming 4/2002, pp. 576-587.
  • Cornelius Hasselblatt : Laughter as Therapy. Humor as a means of deconstructing the national myth in Estonia. In: Waltraud "Wara" Wende (ed.): How the world laughs. Laughter cultures in comparison. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann 2008, pp. 125–134.
  • Joel Sang : Krauklis yes Ivan Orav. Iroonia yes grotesque. In: Vikerkaar 10-11 / 2008, pp. 133-140.
  • Kadri Tüür: Subjectivity and survival: Postmodern identity in two contemporary Estonian novels. In: interlitteraria 9/2004, pp. 140-154.
  • Madis Kolk: Ussisõnad Andrus Kivirähki dramaturgias. In: Vikerkaar 3/2012, pp. 36–44.

Single receipts

  1. Cornelius Hasselblatt : History of Estonian Literature. From the beginning to the present. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter 2006, p. 761.
  2. Review: Mari Enqvist: A satirical history of Estonia, in: Estonia 1/1996, pp. 51–52.
  3. See Estonian Literary Magazine 14 (2002), 22-31.

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