Asta Willmann

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Asta Willmann (since 1951 whose real name is Asta Linnolt , born September 19 jul. / 2. October  1916 greg. In Tallinn , † 3. December 1984 in Farmington (Connecticut) ) was an Estonian actress and writer .

Life

Willmann was born in Tallinn as the daughter of a captain and graduated from the commercial high school in 1934. She then trained at the theater school and was an actress and director at the Endla Theater in Pärnu from 1937 to 1944 .

In September 1944 Willmann fled to Sweden , where she briefly studied (1950-1951) at Stockholm University . In 1951, however, she went to Canada , where she studied at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and made her bachelor's degree in history and political philosophy in 1955 . In 1960 she moved to Farmington, Connecticut. There she completed an education at the Yale School of Drama , which she graduated with a Magister in 1963 . She then worked at the Hartford Conservatory, Connecticut, until her retirement .

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Willmann made her debut in Estonia with a youth drama that she published under the pseudonym Johannes Madar. In exile, she made her debut in 1950 with a volume of poetry, which she had a collection of short stories followed in 1955.

Willmann's main work is the pentalogy A handful of ashes, a second full of earth , which bears the indicative subtitle A long story about joy, love and hope (Üks pikk jutt rõõmust, armust ja lootusest). In this novel, published between 1961 and 1968, according to the author, the “main character is the Estonian people as they remember them.” This is exemplified by the main character Maria (called Iia) Mets, who is growing up as an orphan, and the bon vivant Ervin Tiedeberg gets to know. However, their initially happy marriage soon falls apart. In parallel with personal fate, numerous social problems of the time are dealt with, so that the novel can be described as a “saga of the fate of the Estonian people, which focuses on the interwar period and the end of Estonian independence”. Because of the scope and subject matter, the novel has often been compared with Anton Hansen Tammsaares Tõde ja õigus (1926–1933) and Elu ja armastus (1934). With regard to the last-named novel, it has also been pointed out that the author takes a counter-position to Tammsaare's more traditional image of women.

Awards

bibliography

  • Ema jutustus ('Mother's Tale' - Drama for Young People in Three Acts) Tallinn: Tarvik 1939. 67 pp.
  • Ihuüksi. Luuletused ('All alone. Poems'). Stockholm: Autori kirjastus 1950. 88 pp.
  • Lumm ('magic'). Toronto: Orto 1955. 336 S,
  • Peotäis tuhka, teine ​​mulda ('A handful of ashes, a second full of earth'). Volume I. Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv 1961. 308 pp.
  • idem , Volume II: Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Cooperative 1961. 314 pp.
  • idem , Volume III: Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Cooperative 1962. 304 pp.
  • idem , Volume IV: Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv 1966. 270 pp.
  • idem , Volume V: Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv 1968. 280 pp.
  • Hundisõidul. Romaan ('On Wolf Ride. Roman'). Lund: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv 1975. 250 pp.
  • Peotäis tuhka, teine ​​mulda (new edition of all five parts in one volume). Tallinn: SE & JS 2000. 999 pp.

Secondary literature

  • Mardi Valgemäe: Usutlus Asta Willmann-Linnoltiga, in: Mana 4-5 / 1964, pp. 261-265.
  • Hellar Grabbi: Willmanni Antigone, in: Mana 29 (1/1966), p. 19.
  • Aleksis Rannit : Vestlus Asta Willmanniga, in: Eesti Keele ja Kirjanduse Instituudi Aastaraamat I. Stokholm 1973, pp. 344-349 (p. 349 = English summary).
  • Mardi Valgemäe: Asta Willmann Näitekirjanikuna, in: Eesti Keele ja Kirjanduse Instituudi Aastaraamat I. Stokholm 1973, pp. 357-362 (p. 362 = English summary).
  • Aleksis Rannit: Asta Willmanni lugedes, in: Tulimuld 4/1976, pp. 163-169.
  • Rutt Hinrikus: Asta Willmann, actress and writer, in Estonian Literary Magazine 16 (2003), pp. 12-15

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eesti kirjanike leksikon. Koostanud Oskar Kruus yes Heino Puhvel. Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 2000, pp. 675-676.
  2. ↑ Eesti kirjandus paguluses XX sajandil. Toim. Piret Kruuspere. Tallinn: Eesti TA Underi ja Tuglase Kirjanduskeskus 2008, p. 153.
  3. ↑ Cornelius Hasselblatt : History of Estonian Literature. From the beginning to the present. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter 2006, p. 578.
  4. ↑ Eesti kirjandus paguluses XX sajandil. Toim. Piret Kruuspere. Tallinn: Eesti TA Underi ja Tuglase Kirjanduskeskus 2008, p. 154.
personal data
SURNAME Willmann, Asta
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Linnolt, Asta
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian actress and writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Tallinn
DATE OF DEATH 3rd December 1984
Place of death Farmington (Connecticut)