August Sang
August Sang (born July 27, 1914 in Pärnu , † October 14, 1969 in Tallinn ) was an Estonian poet and literary translator .
life and work
August Sang graduated from Pärnu boys' grammar school in 1932. After his military service he studied from 1934 to 1942 at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Tartu . Several times he had to interrupt his studies in order to earn money.
At the age of eight, August Sang wrote his own poetry. Under the pseudonym Injo , he successfully took part in a literary competition organized by the youth magazine Kevadik in 1933 with his poem Improvisatsioon quick-step tempos . In 1934 he made his literary debut in the cultural magazine Looming . In 1936 his collection of poems Üks noormees otsib õnne was published, with which he achieved his breakthrough. Since then he has also written numerous reviews and treatises on literature. In the late 1930s he joined the Arbujad literary circle . In 1939, Sang's second volume of poems, Müürid , was published, which mainly contained visions of the end of the times .
After the Soviet occupation of Estonia , Sang joined the Estonian Soviet Writers' Union in 1945 , but then distanced himself from it and was expelled in 1950. It was not until 1955 that he was officially allowed to work again as a writer with the approval of the Soviet authorities. A year later he rejoined the Writers' Union.
In addition to his writing activities, August Sang has translated poetry from German , Russian , French and Czech as well as prose , among others by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Peter Weiss , ETA Hoffmann , Maxim Gorki , Wladimir Majakowski , Franz Kafka , Gottfried Keller , Molière , Egon Erwin Kisch and Lion Feuchtwanger .
Most important works
- Üks noormees otsib õnne (1936)
- Arbujad: valimik uusimat eesti lüürikat (compilation 1938)
- Heinrich Heine (biography, 1938)
- Müürid (1939)
- Võileib suudlusega (1963)
- Sada laulu (selection collection, 1965)
- Luuletused (selection collection, 1970)
- Väike luuleraamat (selection collection, 1971)
- Laenatud laulud (anthology of translations in two volumes, 1973/74)
- Laulud (selection collection, 1977)
- Emajõe unisel veerel (posthumous anthology, 2003)
Private life
August Sang was married to the Estonian writer Kersti Merilaas (1913–1986). Their son is the poet Joel Sang (* 1950)
literature
- Cornelius Hasselblatt: History of Estonian Literature. Berlin, New York 2006 ( ISBN 3-11-018025-1 ), pp. 513f.
Web links
- Literature by and about August Sang in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cornelius Hasselblatt: History of Estonian Literature. P. 514
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sang, August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian lyric poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Parnu |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 14, 1969 |
| Place of death | Tallinn |